What happened in the case of reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council? – Pakistan

What happened in the case of appeals of the Sunni Ittehad Council on specific seats in the Supreme Court? Which party got how many additional reserved seats which were suspended? A summary of the hearing follows.

When did the affair begin?

This matter started when the Sunni Ittehad Council approached the Election Commission on February 21 to get specific seats. On February 27, the Muslim League-N, PPP and MQM became parties.

On February 28, the Election Commission reserved its decision on the case related to the reserved seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council.

On March 4, the Election Commission ruled by a ratio of 1-4 on the Sunni Ittehad Council’s request for reserved seats and declared that the Sunni Ittehad Council was not entitled to the reserved seats.

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The Election Commission also gave the seats of the Sunni alliance to other parties.

On May 31, a 13-member full court was constituted to hear the case of reserved seats in the Sunni Etihad Council.

In addition to Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Athar Manullah, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Azhar Hasan Rizvi, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Jamal Mandukhel, Justice Muhammad Ali, in the full court bench. Mazhar, Justice Irfan Saadat, Justice Naeem Afghan and Justice Aminuddin are included.

The full court held its first hearing on the case related to reserved seats in the Sunni Unity Council on June 3. The full court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa, reserved its verdict on July 9 following nine hearings, while the hearings were live-streamed on YouTube. Broadcast live.

Position of Sunni Unity Council

During the hearing, the lawyer of the Sunni Ittehad Council told the court that there are 77 disputed seats in total, these 77 specific seats should have been given to the Sunni Ittehad Council, but other parties got them, 22 seats of the National Assembly and 55 seats of the Provincial Assemblies in the 77 seats. Included.

Which judges opposed giving seats to PTI, in which part did Justice Isa vote?

The Election Commission of Pakistan had suspended these seats through a notification dated May 13.

Among the 22 suspended seats of the National Assembly, 11 women’s seats from Punjab and 8 seats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are included, while 3 seats reserved for minorities are also included in the suspended seats in the National Assembly.

In the National Assembly, PML-N got 14 seats, People’s Party got 5 seats, JUIF got 3 additional seats.

21 women and 4 minority reserved seats are suspended in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, out of which JUIF got 10, PML-N 7, People’s Party 7, ANP got 1 additional seat.

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24 reserved seats for women and 3 minority seats are suspended in the Punjab Assembly, out of which the PML-N got 23, the People’s Party 2, the PML-Q and the Stabilization-e-Pakistan Party one additional seat each.

The Supreme Court has reserved the verdict in the case related to the specific seats of the Sunni Ittehad Council

2 reserved seats for women and 1 minority seat are suspended from Sindh Assembly where PPP got 2 and MQM got 1 reserved seat.

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