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Justice Munib Akhtar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has protested against a decision by the Chief Justice-led bench to proceed without him. He refused to attend the hearing of a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s verdict on the defection clause under Article 63-A. Justice Munib registered his objection in a letter to the …
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a separate note from Justice Yahya Afridi, directing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to revisit its notification of returned candidates on reserved seats. Justice Afridi’s note emphasizes that a candidate, who declared their representation of a political party, must be declared as such unless they have withdrawn …
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ISLAMABAD – The conflict between Pakistan’s parliament and the Supreme Court has intensified. National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq sent a strong letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday. The speaker urged the ECP to respect parliamentary sovereignty in allocating reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The Supreme Court had earlier …
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Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial urged the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to resume talks during a hearing on Monday. The CJP was presiding over a three-member bench, which included Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar. The bench was hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea to reconsider the …
The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has expressed its distrust in the Supreme Court’s three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, hearing the election delay case. Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the president of the PDM and chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), announced this decision in a press conference in Islamabad. The PDM is a coalition …
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Chief Justice of Pakistan formed New bench after recusal of judges in election suo motu case. A nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, which was hearing a suo motu notice regarding elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, was dissolved on Monday after four judges recused themselves from the case. The judges who recused themselves …
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The Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar has been reinstated by the Supreme Court of Pakistan after it suspended a notification issued by the Punjab interim government to transfer him. This decision was made following a hearing on a petition against Dogar’s transfer, during which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary …
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The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) tasked with investigating the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif reported to the Supreme Court of Pakistan that no substantial evidence was discovered during their visit to Kenya and that there was a lack of cooperation from the authorities in the East African nation. The court, which was presided over …
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ISLAMABAD: As political parties are involved in intensive lobbying for the forthcoming Senate elections, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, by a 4-1 majority, that elections to the Senate are held “under the Constitution” and thus cannot be carried out by an open referendum. However, the court also held that the security of the ballot …
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Karachi: Presidential reference has been filed in the Supreme Court for open ballot instead of the secret ballot in Senate elections. This Presidential reference states that past senate elections have not been held under the Constitution, while next year’s Senate elections may be held through an open ballot. A Statement by the Press Information Department …
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