Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan has allotted Tarazoo (scale) as an election symbol to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), sources said on Thursday.
The ECP reserved judgment on January 11 after the JI and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) formally applied last year in a bid to reserve Tarazoo (scale) as party symbol for the upcoming general elections.
The JI filed their application on April 16, 2012, while the PTI filed later in June. Therefore, lawyers said the JI should be given preference. Furthermore, the symbol has been allotted to Jamaat-e-Islami in the past. When the JI took part in the 1970 general elections following the separation of East Pakistan, scale was its symbol. Even later, the JI contested polls as a part of an alliance of religious parties (like the MMA in 2002).
The JI lawyers also mentioned that scale was taken out of the list of election symbols in the 80’s by military ruler General Ziaul Haq.
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