ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf [PTI] on Saturday approved some drastic amendments to its constitution to pave the way for the first phase of intra-party elections scheduled to be held on June 11.
The amendments, approved by the party’s Central Executive Committee, provide for holding the next intra-party elections on the basis of direct representation.
In 2012, the PTI held its intra-party elections on the basis of indirect representation where registered party members first elected their representatives, who subsequently voted to choose top leaders.
Another amendment calls for abolishing the requirement of holding elections to all posts simultaneously. The polls would now be held in a phased manner.
In the first phase, more than 2.3 million registered party members would directly vote on June 11 via their cell phones to fill top 13 positions, including the posts of chairman, vice-chairman, secretary-general, four regional presidents [two each from Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one each from Balochistan and Sindh].