Apex court suspends LHC's verdict, ECP's notification in tribunals case

Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday suspended the Lahore High Court (LHC)'s decision forming additional election tribunals as well as the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) April 26 notification.

The apex court's decision came as a five-member bench heard the ECP's plea against LHC's last month's verdict constituting eight election tribunals for hearing election petitions regarding national and provincial assembly constituencies.

The bench was headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprised Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi.