A five-member bench, chaired by CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja, conducted the hearing today
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reserved on Wednesday the verdict on the petitions filed by the Sunni Itthad Council (SIC) seeking the allocation of women and minority seats.
A five-member bench, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, conducted the hearing today.
The electoral body took up the plea after President Alvi refused to sign a Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs summary seeking the convening of a National Assembly session.
President Alvi maintained that the remaining reserved seats should be allocated before summoning the NA session which was supposed to be held within 21 days of the elections under the Constitution.
In the previous hearing, CEC Raja consolidated all the petitions filed by SIC, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N).
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