The Lahore High Court on Monday sought a reply from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a petition of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) questioning a ‘delay’ in issuance of a notification of five MPAs on reserved seats after the disqualification of 25 MPAs who defected in the election of Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz.

Advocate Azhar Siddique appeared before the court on behalf of PTI MPA Zainab Umar pleading that the ECP issued a notification for by-election on 20 vacant general seats and new members would be nominated on the reserved seats.

The counsel said the PTI proposed five names for nomination in place of the vacant reserved seats, however, the ECP failed to issue notifications for the same which was against…

LAHORE: Advocate General of Punjab (AGP) Ahmad Awais on Monday tendered his resignation after the president of Pakistan approved the appointment of Balighur Rehman as new governor of Punjab.

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