ECP to file review petition against SC verdict

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. [embedpost slug="ppp-files-review-petition-on-sc-reserved-seats-judgment"] Earlier,  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.