Conduct of intra-party polls: ECP to hear case against ‘banned’ TLP on 17th

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed for hearing a case against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) regarding conduct of intra-party polls despite the Interior Ministry having notified the TLP as a proscribed entity on terrorism charges in October 2025.

A recent cause list issued by the Commission reveals that the hearing against the TLP is fixed before an ECP bench on Wednesday, 17 June.

A source in the ECP told Business Recorder that despite being banned by the federal government, the TLP’s status as a political party duly enlisted with the ECP would not change unless the prescribed legal process is followed by the government to have the TLP dissolved on the direction of the superior judiciary in accordance with Section 212 of the Elections Act, 2017.

The Section 212 provides that where the federal government is satisfied on the basis of a reference from the Commission or information received from any other source that a political party is a foreign-aided political party or has been formed or is operating in a manner prejudicial to the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan or is indulging in terrorism, the government shall, by a notification in the official gazette, make such declaration— within 15 days of making such declaration, the government shall refer the matter to the Supreme Court— and if the SC upholds this declaration, such political party shall stand dissolved forthwith.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2026