As per details, the decision came in response to a petition filed by a candidate for the technocrat seat in the Senate elections. Justice S.M. Ateeq Shah, in a six-page verdict, ordered the ECP to decide on the Senate elections by the law. The petition was filed in response to the ECP’s decision to postpone […]
The ECP bench headed by Member Sindh Nisar Durrani was set to hear the contempt case on January 15 but now it has been delisted. The new date for the hearing will be announced later. The ECP and Chief Election Commissioner’s contempt case was filed against PTI founder Imran Khan and PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry […]
Pakistan People’s Party’s Shahadat Awan challenged the eligibility of Saifullah Abro who was elected as Senator on a technocrat seat. A three-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja announced the verdict. The electoral body declared Abro eligible as senator for the technocrat seat and dismissed the reference. Abro was elected as […]
A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court comprising Justice SM Attique Shah and Justice Muhammad Faheem Wali suspended the ECP notice. During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel informed the court that a similar notice was issued by the ECP which suspended the PHC. Justice SM Attique Shah questioned how a notice was re-issued after […]
A bench comprising Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Waqar Ahmed heard the case. Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to convene a meeting and inform the court about it. The petition filed by PTI’s Azam Swati pleaded that the Senate elections have not taken place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the […]
As per details, the case was filed against Fawad Chaudhry for allegedly using derogatory language against the ECP during a press conference in Lahore. The counsel told the court that the press conference was held in Lahore however the case was registered in Islamabad. The court ruled in favor of Fawad Chaudhry, acquitting him of […]
Although CJP Isa, in his informal discussion with some journalists, has stated that government officials had discussed the tenure of the chief justice of Pakistan, he refused to extend his own through this proposal. However, it is not clear whether CJP Isa will continue in office in case the government increases the retirement age of […]
A 10-page decision was issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, authored by Sindh’s member, Nisar Durrani. PTI’s objection regarding the Election Commission of Pakistan’s jurisdiction in the intra-party elections was overruled in the verdict. Additionally, PTI’s request to delay the proceedings in the case was also struck down. The plea to postpone action on […]
The PTI leaders accused the electoral body of misinterpreting the court’s verdict and forcing party candidates to run independently in the February 8 polls. Opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan, who is also PTI’s general secretary, took to social media to express his indignation. “Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and all four commissioners of the […]
Interestingly, the SC verdict gave a new lease of life to the PTI as the party will now have direct representation in the National Assembly. The decision will facilitate the PTI-backed MNAs to take part in the assembly’s proceedings under the umbrella of PTI rather than the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). The larger bench of […]
