Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Parvez Elahi has decided and announced to contest upcoming by-elections to be held on April 21. 

Elahi will contest the by-election from the PP-32 seat of Gujrat. The seat became vacant after Chaudhry Salik Hussain retained his MNA seat. The family members met Parvez Elahi in jail and signed the nomination papers for the by-election.

President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Pervez Elahi’s informal conversation with journalists at the FIA court.

“Ban on meetings in Adiala Jail is unconstitutional. They cheated the people by putting PTI's mandate. The people are already crushed, their self-esteem is being further undermined,” former chief minister of Punjab and former speaker of the Punjab Assembly said.  

“Form-45 will become a trap for these fake rulers,” Parvez Elahi claimed.

Public mandate is being humiliated by including vote stealers in the federal and provincial cabinets. Fear Allah's grip on those who sit as pharaohs on earth.

PML-N is doing politics of revenge, not reconciliation.

In the history of the country, I have never seen so many political prisoners in prisons as there are today. The seats of one party were thrown in the cradle of its opposing parties.

The Election Commission has set the worst example in the political history of the world.

No one could have imagined that the Election Commission could go to this extent against Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI).

“The situation has come to the point where people are looking towards Allah Almighty and His Messenger (PBUH) for justice,” Elahi said.

“Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will continue nationwide protests until the return of its mandate. All opposition parties will be seen on one platform very soon against election rigging,” Parvez Elahi said.

Must Read: ECP announces by-elections on National, provincial assembly seats on April 21

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the election schedule for by-elections on National Assembly and provincial assembly seats across the country.

According to the announcement, by-elections on vacant seats of the National and provincial assemblies will be held across the country on April 21. These included six seats of the National Assembly, 12 seats of the Punjab Assembly, and two each of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan assemblies. 

By-elections are also scheduled to be held on one seat of the Sindh Assembly on April 21. 

As per the election schedule, candidates could file nomination papers with the respective returning officers from March 16 to 18, the names of candidates would be published on March 18. The last date for scrutiny of the candidatures would be March 21 and appeals could be filed against the decisions of returning officers to reject or accept the nominations by March 25.

The revised list of candidates would be published on March 28, while the last date for withdrawal of candidature and publication of revised list is March 29.

Election symbols would be allotted on March 30 with polling to be held on April 21.

On Tuesday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced that it had started preparing for the upcoming by-elections scheduled to be held on multiple seats of the National and provincial assemblies. 

Also Read: ECP starts preparing for by-elections on 24 seats

In anticipation of the electoral event, the ECP took several measures to ensure a smooth and transparent voting process.