A full-court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa heard plea
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was in control of the formula for the allocation of reserved seats and could declare any candidate as independent, Justice Ayesha Malik of the Supreme Court observed on Monday.
"The ECP can declare anyone independent as per its will," Justice Malik remarked while hearing the Sunni Ittehad Council's (SIC) plea against the Peshawar High Court's (PHC) verdict upholding the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision denying them the reserved seats.
The case was heard by a full-court SC bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
The 13-member bench comprised Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Malik, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan.
Sikhs for Justice calls for action against RAW over Balochistan attack
- 8 hours ago
Federal govt to pay salaries and pensions before Eid
- 7 hours ago
ECC cuts solar buyback rate to Rs10 per unit
- 9 hours ago
Armenia, Azerbaijan reach draft peace agreement to end decades-long conflict
- 4 hours ago
Couple seeks justice over unfair job termination at Japanese university
- 7 hours ago
PSL to expand to 8 teams by 2026, CEO announces key growth plans
- 4 hours ago
Dollar gains 8 paisa against Rupee
- 3 hours ago
NTDC places educational orders worth Rs781m to promote local industry
- 9 hours ago
Blood Moon to illuminate night sky during rare total lunar eclipse
- 7 hours ago
Pakistan, New Zealand set for exciting T20 series as trophy unveiled in Christchurch
- 6 hours ago
PM calls for unity in combating terrorism following Balochistan train attack
- 5 hours ago
Former law minister Khalid Anwar passes away at 87
- 5 hours ago
