The PTI had the option to file a reference against the ECP in the SC which is the only constitutional way of removing ECP members. Instead it decided to conduct a media trial of the constitutional body. Unable to explain its electoral upsets to its supporters, the PTI leadership decided to use the ECP as a scapegoat. The PTI conducts the media trial of its political opponents with a sinister purpose: to malign and discredit them and to create disrespect and public hatred against them. A continuous refusal to submit to pressures from all sides would add to the ECP’s prestige.

Source: Pakistan Today March 16, 2021 16:37 UTC