Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Tuesday failed to submit his reply to a contempt of court case filed against him before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Last week, the ECP had rejected Khan's response to the case and gave him another chance to submit a fresh reply within the week.

Representing the PTI chief, Shahid Gondal told the ECP that Khan has also changed his counsel and will now be represented by Advocate Babar Awan.

"A new response has been prepared and will be submitted before the ECP by Awan," Gondal said.

He added that Khan had failed to appear before the ECP because he was in Chitral.

"Sometimes he [Imran Khan] is in Chitral, sometimes he is in Nathia Gali," chief election commissioner (CEC), retired justice Sardar Muhammad Raza remarked.

"He is a national leader," Gondal said in response.

The CEC told the lawyer that the ECP did not need Imran Khan's response and would pass a verdict without it.

The hearing was adjourned till July 10 and the ECP announced it would give its verdict in the next hearing.