Following is the full text of the letter:-
“We have the honour to invite your kind attention towards the fact that there are some election symbols in the list of approved ECP election symbols which bear close resemblance with the Election symbol (Arrow) of our Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians. A list of such symbols is given hereunder:-
Pencil
Ball point pen
Pen
Screwdriver.
Toothbrush.
This resemblance can confuse ordinary voters and there is a danger that our votes can be stamped on these symbols if these were allotted to other candidates.
We would also bring to your notice that in bye elections 2018 Mr. Jehangir Treen’s prayer in the High Court that the election symbol of PML(N) candidate (Batsman) who was contesting against him should be removed since Mr. Tareen’s symbol (Bat) had a resemblance with the symbol of his opponent, was upheld by the Honourable High Court.
Your honour will appreciate that the resemblance of the symbols mentioned by us with our election symbol (Arrow) is much closer to that which was upheld by the Honourable High Court in Mr. Tareen’s case.
Your honour may be pleased to notify that the five symbols mentioned above by us should be dropped from the list of approved election symbols.”