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ECP files review plea to seek SC clarification on reserved seats

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 by Abid Khan

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

July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 by Abid Khan

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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No threat to govt after ruling on reserved seats : Law Minister

July 12, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Law and Justice Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar said that there was no threat to the government after the decision of apex court regarding reserved seats as it had a clear majority of 209 members in the House.

Addressing a press conference, Azam Nazeer Tarar said that the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) didn’t recognize non-Muslims as its members, adding that legal action would be decided in consultation with political parties.

He questioned that what about the condition of Article 51 of the Constitution. The independent members of PTI were on the stance that the reserved seats should be given to the SIC, he said, adding that apparently Article 51 and 106 were re-written, he said.

The minister said that they were viewing the contents of the verdict. He said that there was a law exist about the reserved seats and it should have been allocated to the SIC.

He clarified that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) was not a party in this case and that independent members of PTI did not approach any forum after winning.

Azam Nazeer Tarar said according to the SIC’s manifesto, they should not be allocated minority seats. He added that PTI never claimed that their party should get reserved seats.

Regarding the review appeal, Tarar said that a decision would be made after consulting of the federal cabinet and viewing the detailed judgment.

He said the ruling has raised ambiguities and confusion, and legal experts will continue to give their opinions on it.

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SIC, PTI demand resignation of Chief Election Commissioner

July 12, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Sahibzadaza Hamid Raza demanded to the Chief Election Commissioner to immediately resign from his post after historical verdict of Supreme Court on the petitions related to reserved seats.

Talking to the media outside the Supreme Court, Sahibzada Hamid Raza said that the Election Commission tried to PTI mandate, but the Supreme Court today restored the dignity of the institution by giving verdict in four of PTI.

Hamid Raza said that the Supreme Court also expressed no confidence in the Election Commission of Pakistan and he demanded to the Chief Election Commissioner resign immediately from his post.

Senator Shibli Faraz said that today is a very important day in political history, people were elected through Form 47, until all our seats are returned, the struggle will continue.

It should be remembered that the Supreme Court, while giving a decision on the petition of the Sunni Ittehad Council regarding the reserved seats, annulled the decisions of the and the Peshawar High Court and declared the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf as a constitutional political party and reserved seats for women and minorities should be allotted to the party.

On the hand, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan has demanded the immediate resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner and members of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

PTI leaders held a joint press conference after the Supreme Court’s decision to award reserved seats to PTI.

Addressing the press conference, Omar Ayub said that Article 6 should be imposed on those who misinterpret the constitution.

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Lawmakers call for revisions on taxes for agriculture, baby milk

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The lawmakers in the National Assembly called on the government to revisit the increase in taxes on the agriculture sector, baby milk, salaried class, and stationery items in the budget for 2024-25.

Participating in the debate in the House, Chief Whip of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Malik Aamir Dogar urged the government to reduce taxes on essential items like milk and stationery.

Criticizing the lack of relief for both common people and businesses, he said that higher electricity bills were making difficult for exporters to compete globally due to rising production costs.

He said that agriculture was the backbone of the economy and should be more incentivized to strengthen the national economy and support the farmers.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Lawmaker, Shahid Usman Ibrahim acknowledging both the positive and negative aspects of the budget, said that under the current challenging circumstances, the government presented a positive budget.

He said that the PML-N government saved Pakistan from financial collapse and set it on the right path, affirming that his party would continue to protect the country’s interests.

Highlighting that agriculture contributes 24 percent of the GDP and involves two-thirds of the population, he said that the government had allocated Rs 5 billion for the agricultural sector in the budget.

The lawmaker also claimed that inflation dropped from 38 percent to 11.8 percent and that the stock market reached new heights, with the index hitting 78,000 points for the first time.

He stressed the importance of implementing the structural reforms mentioned by the Finance Minister and reducing government expenditures.

Another PML-N Member, Anwar-ul-Haq Chaudhry, appreciated the government for presenting a balanced and people-friendly budget under the current adverse circumstances.

He attributed the drop in inflation to 11.8 percent to the government’s concrete measures over the past three to four months, adding that there had been a significant reduction in petroleum prices and anticipated further decreases, potentially bringing inflation to single digits.

Anwar-ul-Haq expressed confidence in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s ability to tackle these economic challenges.

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SIC nominates Zartaj Gul as parliamentary leader in NA

June 8, 2024June 8, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) nominated former federal minister and Member of National Assembly(MNA) Zartaj Gul as the parliamentary leader in the National Assembly.

Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan nominated Zartaj Gul as parliamentary leader in place of Sahibzada Mehboob Sultan in the National Assembly while Zain Qureshi and Ahmed Chhata were nominated as deputy parliamentary leaders.

Chairman PTI Barrister Gohar Khan also confirmed the nomination of Zartaj Gul as the parliamentary leader and said that he has just been informed of this decision.

Sunni Ittehad Council chief Hamid Raza will inform the Speaker of the National Assembly about the new nominations on Monday.

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SC larger bench to hear SIC petition on reserved seats

May 31, 2024 by Abid Khan

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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Supreme Court suspends PHC’s verdict on SIC reserved seats

May 6, 2024 by Abid Khan

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) suspended the Peshawar High Court judgment on reserved seats on the petition of the Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC).

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah heard the petition related to the reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council.

Lawyer Faisal Siddiqui told the court that PTI’s independent winning MNAs joined the Sunni Ittehad Council, upon which Justice Mansoor Ali Shah inquired whether the 7 candidates are still part of the National Assembly in independent status.

Justice Athar Minallah asked whether PTI is a registered political party. On which Faisal Siddiqui said that PTI is a registered political party.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar asked how many days independent members have to join a party. On which lawyer Faisal Siddiqui said that independent members of the National Assembly have to join a political party within 3 days.

The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Federal Government and the Attorney General and immediately sought the records of the case from the Election Commission of Pakistan. While Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that they want to hear and decide the case on a daily basis. The scheme of the Constitution is that that mandate should be respected.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that no political party is relevant for us and added that it is to be seen whether the mandate of the people is reflected in it or not.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said that one question is whether the allocated seats can be re-allocated. The ther is that reserved seats were allocated so that the house is full, where is the mistake in this.

Justice Athar Minallah remarked that how they were deprived of reserved seats by recognizing the parliamentary party, the constitution of Pakistan also begins with the idea that things will be done according to the aspirations of the people.

The court suspended the decision of the Peshawar High Court regarding the reserved seats and said that the appeals are being accepted for hearing.

The suspension of the decision will be only to the extent of additional seats.

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ECP releases new list of party position following by-polls

April 26, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released the list of party positions in the National Assembly.

According to the Election Commission, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is the largest party in the National Assembly, while the Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC) is in the second place and the Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) is in the third place.

The ECP said that the number of PML-N members has increased to 120 and the number of SIC is 82.

The number of seats in the National Assembly of PPP is 71, while Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has 21, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal(JUI-F) 11, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) 5, and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) 4.

The Election Commission said that Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen(MWM), Muslim League Zia, Balochistan Awami Party(BAP) have one seat each, Balochistan National Party(BNP), National Party and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party(PkMAP0 have one seat each.

The number of independent members in the National Assembly is 7.

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Court issues arrest warrant of Mahmood Khan Achakzai

April 26, 2024 by Abid Khan

QUETTA: A judicial magistrate of Quetta has issued an arrest warrant for Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai.

Judicial Magistrate Quetta has issued the arrest warrant of Mahmood Khan Achakzai, his warrant has been issued with reference to the FIR registered in Gwalmandi police station.

During the raid on the house of Mehmood Khan Achakzai, a case of interference was registered in the government, the Judicial Magistrate issued warrants for not appearing in connection with the FIR.

The magistrate ordered the police to arrest Mahmood Khan Achakzai and produce him on April 27.

The development comes a day after he chaired a meeting of the newly formed alliance of opposition parties—Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aain in Islamabad.

The alliance comprises six opposition parties including PTI, JI, SIC, MWM, PkMAP and the BNP-M.

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Independent candidate defats PTI backed candidate in NA-8 Bajaur

April 22, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: Mubarak Zeb Khan, an independent candidate, has won the by-election of the NA-8 Bajaur National Assembly seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by defeating the Sunni Ittihad Council candidate backed by Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf.

According to the incomplete and unofficial results of all 366 polling stations in the NA-8 Bajaur by-election, the independent candidate Mubarak Zeb has been declared successful by getting 74,008 votes, while the candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council, Gul Zafar Khan got 47,282 votes.

On the other hand, the victory of independent candidate Mubarak Zeb is being declared as his victory by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf(PTI).

It should be noted that PTI had nominated Gul Zafar Khan as its candidate against Mubarak Zeib, the brother of slain party worker Rehan Zeb, in the by-election in Bajaur.

Being disappointed after not getting a ticket from PTI, Mubarak Zeb also made a statement against PTI leadership including CM Ali Amin Gandapur.

It should be remembered that during the general elections held in February 8 this year, Rehan Zeb, an independent candidate from National Assembly Constituency NA Bajaur 8, was shot dead by unknown persons.

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7 candidates elected unopposed in Senate election

March 27, 2024 by Abid Khan

LAHORE: Seven senators were elected unopposed in the Senate election from Punjab province.

In the Senate election from Punjab, Pervaiz Rasheed, Nasir Mehmood, Ahad Cheema and Talal Chaudhry of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have been elected as senators unopposed, while Mohsin Naqvi of the government alliance has also been elected senator unopposed.

Raja Nasir Abbas and Hamid Khan of Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC) have also been elected senators.

On the technocrat seat, Mustafa Ramdday withdrew his papers, while on the general seat, Shahzad Wasim, Musadik Malik, Waleed Iqbal and Umar Ijaz Cheema withdrew their papers.

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PHC issues written order on petition regarding reserved seats

March 25, 2024 by Abid Khan

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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LHC rejects plea for stay order on ECP’s new schedule for reserved seats of SIC

March 13, 2024 by Abid Khan

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected the plea for a stay-order on the new schedule of the Election Commission of Pakistan for the reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council.

Justice Chaudhry Iqbal of the Lahore High Court heard the petition of Sahibzada Hamid Raza against not getting reserved seats in the Sunni Ittehad Council, in which the Advocate General Punjab and the petitioner’s lawyer appeared in the court.

During the hearing, the court asked the Advocate General Punjab whether there was a response from the Punjab government to the petition. On this, the Advocate General said that the government should be given time to respond.

In the reply of Advocate General Punjab, the lawyer for the petitioner said that this matter is important and a stay order should be issued against it.

Later, the court gave time to the federal government and the Punjab government to submit a written reply and rejected the plea for an injunction on the new schedule of the Election Commission of Pakistan for reserved seats.

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SHC orders to not count reserved seats votes in presidential election

March 8, 2024 by Abid Khan

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court(SHC) has issued an order to not count the votes of three reserved seats in the presidential election.

The court issued a short verdict on Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) petition for reserved seats.

PPP’s Smita Afzal, MQM Fauzia Hameed and PPP’s minority seat Surendar Valasai took oath yesterday.

However, today the SHC issued a written order in the case of not giving reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council in the Sindh Assembly.

The court order states that in the presidential election, the court does not want to interfere in the process of voting by the members of the Sindh Assembly in favor of their favorite candidate, however, these three votes of the Sindh Assembly should not be considered as decisive votes. Until the final decision of the application is made.

According to the order, Advocate General Sindh has objected to the admissibility of the petition.

The court has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), MQM Pakistan, PPP to respond on March 28.

On the other hand, the Sindh government is of the opinion that the three members of the Sindh Assemblies have taken oath on March 7 and the petition has become ineffective.

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Mahmood Achakzai demands ECP to postpone presidential election

March 8, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC) in the presidential election, demanded the postponement of the presidential election.

Mahmood Khan Achakzai, head of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, has also written a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the postponement of the presidential election.

Mahmood Khan Achakzai has said in his letter that many reserved seats of national and provincial assemblies are still vacant and the election should be postponed until the Electoral College is completed.

It should be remembered that the Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) announced the presidential election on March 9, for which the nomination papers of Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan People’s Party and Mahmood Khan Achakzai of the Sunni Ittehad Council have been approved.

The statement of Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, the head of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), also surfaced in this regard, in which he said that he wishes to vote for Mahmood Khan Achakzai in the presidential election, but the party’s decision is obligatory that he does not vote.

On the other hand, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan has decided to vote for Pakistan People’s Party candidate Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election.

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SIC moves LHC over denial of reserved seats

March 7, 2024 by Abid Khan

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

March 4, 2024 by Abid Khan

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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PTI, SIC decide to make Umar Ayub opposition leader in NA

March 4, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) have decided on the opposition leader in the National Assembly.

It has been decided to make Umar Ayub, who is likely to be backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the leader of the opposition. Umar Ayub is also the Central General Secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

It should be noted that during the special session of the National Assembly, the Prime Minister was elected in the President of the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the Prime Minister.

Shahbaz Sharif got 201 votes from National Assembly members and his opponent Umar Ayub, candidate of PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council, got 92 votes.

For the Leader of the House in the National Assembly, the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) got the support of the Pakistan People’s Party, Balochistan Awami Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan, and Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party, while Umar Ayub was the candidate for the Prime Ministership from the Sunni Ittehad Council.

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Nomination papers of Asif Zardari for presidential elections approved

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The nomination papers of Co-Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari for the presidential elections have been approved.

The nomination papers for the presidential candidate of former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari were submitted in the Islamabad High Court, which have been approved after scrutiny.

The Chief Election Commissioner is the Returning Officer of the Presidential Elections and he approved the papers of the former President after scrutiny.

PPP leader Farooq H. Naek said that no objection was raised on the nomination papers of Asif Zardari and his papers were approved as the presidential candidate.

It should be noted that Mehmood Achakzai has been nominated as the presidential candidate by Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC).

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Nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif, Umar Ayub approved for PM slot

March 2, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif and Umar Ayub for the Leader of the House have been approved in the National Assembly.

The nomination papers of Shehbaz Sharif, the candidate of the coalition parties for the Prime Ministership, were submitted to the Secretary of the National Assembly, which was received by the Secretary General of the National Assembly, Tahir Hussain.

In comparison to Shehbaz Sharif, Sunni Ittehad Council candidate Umar Ayub also submitted papers.

According to the National Assembly Secretariat, 8 nomination papers were submitted for Shehbaz Sharif and 4 for Umar Ayub, which were approved after scrutiny.

Sunni Ittehad Council’s objection to Shahbaz Sharif’s nomination papers was rejected.

It should be noted that 169 votes are required for the Prime Ministership in the 336-member House and the coalition parties have the support of 209 members.

Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has the support of the People’s Party, Balochistan Awami Party, MQM Pakistan, Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party while Umar Ayub is the prime ministerial candidate from Sunni Ittehad Council and their number of members in the House is 91.

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PTI, SIC field Mehmood Khan Achakzai as candidate for presidency

March 2, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) and Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC) announced the presidential nominee against Asif Ali Zardari.

The Sunni Ittehad Council has nominated Mehmood Khan Achakzai, the head of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, as the presidential candidate.

Sources say that in this regard, PTI founder Imran Khan has issued a message from Adiala Jail to the leaders of Sunni Ittehad Council to support Mehmood Khan Achakzai.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the schedule for the presidential election on March 9, for which nomination papers can be submitted on March 2 before 12 noon.

According to the election schedule, the nomination papers will be checked by the Returning Officer on March 4 at 10 am, the nomination papers can be withdrawn on March 5 at 12 noon.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Sher Afzal Marwat also hinted to nominate Mahmood Khan Achakzai as the presidential candidate.

Asif Ali Zardari will be the presidential candidate on behalf of Pakistan People’s Party, Chairman People’s Party will support Asif Ali Zardari while Farooq H. Naik will submit his nomination papers.

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Raja Pervaiz Ashraf administrates oath to newly elected MNAs

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session presided over by former speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was supposed to start at 10 am, but the meeting started an hour after the scheduled time. The session started with a ruckus as soon as the national anthem ended with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed MNAs, who have joined the Sunni Ittehad … Read more

ECP reserved verdict on SIC’s plea seeking specific seats

February 28, 2024 by Abid Khan

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reserved the verdict on the petitions filed by the Sunni Itthad Council (SIC) seeking the allocation of women and minority seats.

A five-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja heard the issue of specific seats of Sunni Ittehad Council in which Ali Zafar, Barrister Gohar, Farogh Naseem, Azam Nazir Tarar, Kamran Murtaza, Farooq Naik and others gave arguments.

Ali Zafar, the lawyer of the Sunni Ittehad Council, said that the ECP ordered yesterday that all the applications should be consolidated.

On this, the Chief Election Commissioner said that not all the parties but the relevant parties of the Assembly have been called. Ali Zafar replied that the order of the ECP cannot be meaningless.

Ali Zafar said that the fact is that PTI’s symbol was taken, it was said in the Supreme Court that if they do not give the symbol, there will be a problem of specific seat. The winning candidates contested the election on different symbols, the independent candidates in the all Assembly are more than the political parties.

Ali Zafar said in his arguments that the party which you registered and gave the symbol is a political party, PTI is a registered party in the list of Election Commission, if the symbol is found, that party can contest the election under the Election Act.

Meanwhile, PPP’s lawyer Farooq Naek said that the Sunni Ittehad Council has not submitted any priority list, the political party cannot even modify the priority list after the deadline for submission of nomination papers has passed.

PML-N’s lawyer Azam Nazir Tarar argued that the priority list will be given according to the law, such a party which did not participate in the election, can independent members join it.

MQM’s lawyer Farogh Naseem argued that in the eyes of the law Sunni Ittehad Council is not a parliamentary party, reserved seats should be given to MQM according to quota.

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Ali Amin Gandapur to vie for KP CM slot as independent candidate

February 26, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: Ali Amin Gandapur, the nominee for chief minister slot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa(KP), has decided to contest for KP Assembly as an as an independent.

Ali Amin Gandapur has not joined the Sunni Ittehad Council(SIC).

Talking to media, PTI leader Shaukat Yousafzai confirmed that the nominated Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur has not joined the Sunni Ittehad Council.

He said that Ali Amin Gandapur is currently an independent candidate and will fight for the election of the Chief Minister without any party and as an independent.

He said that Ali Amin Gandapur has also submitted papers for the provincial presidency in the intra-party election and after joining the Sunni Ittehad Council, he cannot contest the intra-party election.

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PTI-Backed SIC join independent members , take oath in SA

February 25, 2024February 25, 2024 by Muhammad Sher

In the session held for the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly (SA), the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed nine members who joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), while one member of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) took the oath of office. In this regard, a session was held under the chairmanship of … Read more

Speaker PA administers oath to newly elected members

February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 by Muhammad Sher

Lahore: Punjab Assembly Speaker Muhammad Sibtain Khan administered oath to the newly-elected members of the Punjab Assembly (PA) during the 42nd session at the assembly chambers here on Friday, the speaker chaired the session and felicitated the 315 members provincial assembly (MPAs) The session of the Punjab Assembly was convened at 10 a.m. today, which … Read more

PTI-backed members reached 110 in Punjab Assembly

February 22, 2024 by Abid Khan

LAHORE: The number of candidates backed by Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI) in the Punjab Assembly has reached 110 out of which 20 are from North Punjab, 27 from Central Punjab, 30 from West Punjab and 33 from South Punjab.

According to the details, the number of candidates backed by PTI in the Punjab Assembly has reached 110.

It should be noted that the session of the Punjab Assembly has been summoned tomorrow at 10 am, the newly elected members will take oath in the meeting of the Punjab Assembly.

The schedule for the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be released in the session.

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