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ECP files review plea to seek SC clarification on reserved seats  

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court (SC), seeking clarification on some points after the detailed order in the reserved seats case.

Since the detailed order has been issued, additional grounds have been added in the already filed review petition, said a press release issued here Thursday.

The parliament introduced new provisions regarding reserved seats in the  Act, and the ECP wants to know whether to follow the new law or the Supreme Court’s order so CMA has been filed, it further said.

The ECP has been deliberating on the situation after the SC’s detailed order and the amendment of the Election Act by the Parliament for the last  few days.

It should be noted that a few days ago Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq had written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner in which it was said that reserved seats should be allotted according to the Election Act Amendment Bill while maintaining the independence of the Parliament.

In his letter, he had written that a member of parliament who did not submit a party certificate along with his nomination papers would be considered an independent and independent members who became part of a political party could not be allowed to change parties.

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ECP to file review petition against SC verdict  

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ECP

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to file a review petition against the  Supreme Court judgment on Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)  reserved seats.

Sources said that the Election Commission will file a review petition on the decision of the Supreme Court today. The ECP has instructed its legal team to prepare an appeal against the verdict and will file the appeal within the next two days.

Before the Election Commission, Pakistan Muslim League –Nawaz(PML-N) has also filed a review petition against the decision to give reserved seats to Tehreek-e-Insaf, while some members elected on certain seats have also filed a review petition against the decision.

It should be remembered that the 13-member bench of the Supreme Court, while giving a decision on the petition related to the reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council, annulled the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Peshawar High Court and ordered to give the reserved seats for women and minorities to the PTI.

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PTI submits reserved seats list for Punjab Assembly to ECP

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PTI

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) has submitted the list of names for reserved seats for women in the Punjab Assembly to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PTI sources said, names of 33 women have been submitted to the ECP for 24 reserved seats for PTI women in the Punjab Assembly.

According to sources, the names of Yasmeen Rashid, Ayesha Ali Bhutta, Tayyaba Anbreen, Kulsoom Akram, Saira Raza, Farah Agha, Firdous Rehana, Abida Bibi, Sadia Ayub are included in the list of reserved seats.

Similarly, Samia Noreen, Azra Naseem, Asia Amjad, Tanzeela Imran, Qurban Fatima, Komal Nadeem, Bushra Saeed, Ameena Badar, Maimona Kamal, Amira Azhar, Safia Javed, Aqsa Asim were also submitted to the Election Commission.

The names of Ameena Bilal, Naheed Watto, Sara Ali, Tahmina Riaz, Shireen Nawaz, Syeda Fatima Haider, Shehla Ehsan, Shehla Mumtaz, Abida Kausar, Nadia Asghar, Hina Taslim and Nilufar Ahmed were also included in the list submitted by the Election Commission.

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PTI submits list for reserved seat in ECP

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PTI

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI) has submitted the list of reserved seats to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

The PTI has submitted the list of reserved seats of National Assembly, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assemblies.

Sources said that the list of 67 women and 11 minority seats has been submitted to the ECP by PTI.

The name of Sanam Javed, Aliya Hamza Malik, Kanwal Shuzab, Rubina Shaheen, Seemabia Tahir has been given for reserved seats in the National Assembly.

The PTI has given the name of Lal Chand Malhi for the minority seat in the National Assembly, while Yasmin Rashid’s name has been given for the reserved seat of the Punjab Assembly.

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PPP files review petition on SC reserved seats’ judgment  

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ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s July 12 verdict on reserved seats allotted to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had filed review plea.

On behalf of the PPP, Lawyer Farooq H. Naek filed a review appeal in the Supreme Court, in which 11 persons, including Hamid Raza, the Election Commission of Pakistan and the Sunni Ittehad Council, have been made parties.

In PPP’s appeal, it has been argued that the Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council Hamid Raza participated in the elections as an independent candidate, if no one from the SIC contested the election, reserved seats cannot be given.

It has been said in the appeal that PTI did not file an application, neither became a party. The PTI cannot be given reserved seats and PTI has been given seats without asking.

The People’s Party raised the question whether specific seats can be left vacant or given to a party that has contested the elections. “Can specific seats be given to a party whose candidate has not won a national or provincial seat”.

In its review appeal, the PPP has requested to withdraw the July 12 judgment on reserved seats.

It should be noted that earlier, PML-N has filed an appeal to review the decision on specific seats, while no decision has been taken by the government in this regard.

On July 12, the Supreme Court upheld the petition of the Sunni Ittehad Council regarding the reserved seats and annulled the decision of the ECP and the Peshawar High Court.

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PML-N files review plea against SC’s reserve seats verdict

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s decision to give reserved seats to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI).

PML-N in the petition filed by the League, 11 parties, including the Sunni Ittehad Council, Hamid Raza and the Election Commission of Pakistan, have been made parties, while in the petition, a stay order injunction has been requested on the decision of the Supreme Court on July 12.

It has been argued in the petition that the decision of the Supreme Court is completely silent on a few points, should the Sunni Ittehad Council get specific seats. The decision is silent, should such a party get reserved seats which has not submitted the list itself.  The verdict is silent.

The petition states that whether an independent candidate can join a party whose one winning candidate is not present in the assembly. Should the seats be left vacant or distributed among the parties that contested the elections. The Supreme Court heard a lot of points but the short judgment is silent on many important points.

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SC larger bench to hear SIC petition on reserved seats

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SC

ISLAMABAD:  A 13-members full court of the Supreme Court has been formed to hear  the petition filed by Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) regarding reserved seats.

The 13-member full court bench will be headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and the hearing will be held on June 3 on the plea of the Sunni Ittehad Council. The Justice Musarrat Hilali is not included in the bench due to heart trouble.

It should be remembered that a 3-member bench headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah had suspended the judgment of the Peshawar High Court.

The matter was referred to the Judges Committee for interpretation of the constitutional point under the Practice and Procedure Act and constitution of a larger bench.

Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly had filed appeals against the Peshawar High Court’s decision while the Election Commission of Pakistan had given a decision not to give reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council, which was upheld by the Peshawar High Court.

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PHC orders speaker KP to take oath from women, minority members

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) ordered Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to administrate oath from women and minority members of the opposition on reserved seats.

Peshawar High Court Justice SM Attique Shah wrote the 24-page judgment.

In the verdict, the court ordered the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the provincial cabinet to take steps to convene the assembly session.

According to the text of the decision, under Article 105 of the Constitution, a meeting of the KP Assembly should be called within 14 days and the newly elected members should be sworn in before the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate elections.

In the decision, it has been ordered that the Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly administer oath to the elected members on reserved seats.

It has been said in the judgment that it is a violation of the constitution to prevent newly elected members from taking oath on certain seats.

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ECP postpones Senate election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  

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ECP

PESHAWAR: The election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notified postponement of Senate polls to the extent of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till the administration of oath to the elected members against the reserved seats.

A notification issued here said that the commission was of the considered view that all the standards of honesty, justness, and fairness of election could not be fulfilled due to non administration of oath to elected members.

It added that non administration of oath was tantamount to disenfranchisement of lawful voters and denial of level playing field to them. Thus the electoral college was incomplete for the purpose of the Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The opposition members in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly on Tuesday submitted a request to the provincial election commission for postponement of elections in the province.

MPA Ahmed Karim Kundi submitted the request, signed by 25 members, on behalf of the opposition. He maintained that the KP assembly speaker had not administered oath to the elected members against reserved despite verdict of Peshawar High Court.

It is worth mentioning here that the KP assembly speaker had already filed a review petition on the PHC verdict.

Earlier, the teams of Election Commission reached the House here on Tuesday for the polls well before time but the proceedings couldn’t start as per the scheduled time of nine o’clock.

The Provincial Election Commissioner contacted the Chief Election Commissioner on the request of the opposition for postponement of elections.

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PHC issues written order on petition regarding reserved seats

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PHC

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court(PHC) has issued a detailed decision in the case filed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) about allocation of reserved seats.

The five-member bench of the Peshawar High Court had given a brief verdict on March 14, but now Justice SM Ateeq Shah of the High Court has issued a detailed verdict containing 30 pages, in which it has been said that the decision of the Election Commission  of Pakistan(ECP) to distribute certain seats is in violation of Article 51.

Accordingly, the High Court has jurisdiction to hear cases of reserved seats up to the province.

The judgment said that the petitioner objected that the reserved seats cannot be distributed to other political parties, the Sunni Ittehad Council is not entitled to the reserved seats for women. The list of reserved seats cannot be submitted after the prescribed time, so the petition is dismissed.

The court further said in its judgment that a political party participating in the election is entitled to reserved seats but a party that does not win a single seat in the general election is not eligible for reserved seats.

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SIC moves LHC over denial of reserved seats

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LAHORE: Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has challenged the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to deny them reserved seats in the Punjab Assembly in the Lahore High Court.

In the petition filed by the Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council, the Election Commission of Pakistan has been made a party, in which it has been said that the ECP is neither a tribunal nor a court.

In the petition, the stand was taken that the Sunni Ittehad Council should get reserved seats according to the proportion of seats in the Punjab Assembly, it does not matter whether the Sunni Ittehad Council contested the election or not.

In the application of Sahibzada Hamid Raza, it is also said that the action of the ECP is equivalent to amending the Constitution, the decision of the ECP is beyond its powers.

It should be remembered that a few days ago, the Election Commission Pakistan (ECP) rejected the Sunni Ittehad Council’s request for specific seats by four to one.

The party lost 77 reserved seats due to the rejection of the Sunni Ittehad Council’s request and these seats went to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N), Pakistan People’s Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam(JUI).

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SIC loses 23 NA reserved seats after ECP’s verdict

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LAHORE: The Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC) lost several seats in the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies after the Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) rejected its request for the allocation of reserved seats.

The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the Sunni Ittehad Council’s request for specific seats.

After this decision, the Sunni Ittehad Council lost certain seats in the National and Provincial Assemblies. Now these seats will be given to other parties.

After the ECP’s decision, the Sunni Ittehad Council lost 23 reserved seats in the National Assembly.

The Sunni Ittehad Council will not get 24 seats for women and 3 seats for minorities in the Punjab Assembly.

In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, the Sunni Ittehad Council will not be able to get 21 reserved seats for women and 4 seats for minorities.

Similarly, the Sunni Ittehad Council lost 2 reserved seats for women in the Sindh Assembly.

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Candidates for reserved seats asked to submit election expenses by Feb 21

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PESHAWAR :All the candidates for reserved seats of female and minority in both national and provincial assemblies have been asked to submit their election expenses with concerned Returning Officer by February 21.

In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has reminded all the candidates of reserved seats for women and minority whose names are included in Form 33 to submit their election expenses.

The last date for submission of election expense is February 21 and candidates are asked to submit Form C with concerned Returning Officer before expiry of last date.

In case of non-compliance of election code of conduct, the notification regarding winner of the seats will not be issued, ECP warns.

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PTI moves PHC for reserved seats

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PTI

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court seeking to be allotted reserve seats in the national and provincial assemblies.

PTI’s Mashal Azam Yousafzai filed a petition through lawyer Qazi Anwar, in which it was stated that the candidates who have submitted their papers for the specific seats and who have been scrutinized should be adjusted.

The petition said that PTI is a listed party and reserved seats are party right. The candidates who submitted papers for specific seats are PTI members.

The candidates have also given affidavits that they are candidates of PTI. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) cannot delist any party, only the Supreme Court can do it.

The ECP has been made a party in the petition and it has been requested to fix the petition for hearing today.

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