ISLAMABAD .: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed on Monday a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan through which he challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notifications accusing him of violating the ECP code of conduct during campaigns in by-elections.

IHC’s Justice Aamer Farooq, who had earlier restrained the ECP from pronouncing a verdict in a case, dismissed the PTI chairman’s petition just two days before the general election.

After the petition’s dismissal, ECP’s notifications accusing Khan of violating its code of conduct are now in play.
PTI Chairman had approached the IHC against ECP notifications that barred lawmakers and party heads from running election campaigns.

Khan had filed the petition through his counsel Babar Awan, naming the ECP and the commission’s director-general (elections) as respondents in the case.