ECP convenes meeting following SC verdict on reserved seats
Pakistan
Meeting will be chaired by chief election commissioner at 11 am
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has convened a meeting on Thursday (today) following the Supreme Court decision on reserved seats.
According to sources, the chief election commissioner will preside over hte meeting here at 11 am.
The legal wing of ECP will brief the participants on the decision on reserved seats. The ECP will deliberate the situation in the aftermath of apex court’s verdict announced last week.
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The Supreme Court on Friday had overturned the Peshawar High Court's verdict of depriving the PTI of reserved seats of non-Muslim and women candidates in assemblies.
The apex court, in its majority 8-5 decision, announced that the conduct of the Election Commission regarding reserved seats was 'unconstitutional', adding that the PTI would remain intact as a political party even without being assigned an election symbol.
The verdict was authored by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.
It is likely that the PTI would get 65 out of 77 reserved seats. Of the 77 seats, 22 are of the National Assembly while 55 are of the provincial assemblies.
