Every other party and it’s leaders have submitted their nomination papers. So maybe the PTI knew they would be hard pushed to win again the one seat they won last time, hence the dramatics? :hehe:
PTI leaders burn nomination papers
CANDIDATES of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday burnt their nomination papers outside Aiwan-e-Adal in protest against holding of elections under emergency. Those whose nomination papers were burnt included Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Punjab president Ahsan Rasheed, Shahid Zulfiqar, Dr Shahid, Saeed Iqbal Mayo, Tahir Ashraf Bara, Bashir Ahmed Chaudhry, Iftikhar Baloch, Hamid Khan advocate, Tariq Farooq Mirza, Sayed Shadab Jafri, Javed Iqbal, Yasir Gilani, Sheikh Safdar, Mian Mehmood Rasheed, Muhammad Ameen Zaki, Abdul Karim, Nadeem Yousaf, Umar Sarfraz Cheema, Naeem Advocate, Shahid Saleem, Professor Ishtiaq, Fiaz Alam, Ahsan Rasheed, Chaudhry Ijaz and Ghazanfar.
Ahsan Rasheed speaking at the occasion strongly condemned the holding of election under emergency. He called elections a farce, saying the elections were merely a selection process. He said transparent elections were not present with present government in power. He urged all opposition parties to boycott elections.