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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a political party of Pakistan, on Saturday elected a new chairman ahead of the general election slated for February 8, 2024, in the absence of the party’s founder Imran Khan, who is now in jail.
Geo News said the PTI held an intra-party election to choose new leadership on Saturday.
Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, who was nominated by Imran Khan to contest for the top slot, was elected unopposed as the new chairman.
Omar Ayub Khan has been elected PTI’s central general secretary while Ali Amin Gandapur and Dr Yasmin Rashid were chosen as the party’s provincial presidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, respectively.
The development came in line with the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) directives following which the party conducted its intra-party polls today.
With the election of new PTI chairman, Imran Khan’s tenure at the key position since the party’s formation more than two decades back ended.
Imran Khan, who was voted out via a no-confidence motion in April last year, did not take part in intra-party polls after being disqualified as parliamentarian for five years in the state gifts case.