Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court immediately summoned the Election Commission officials on the request of PTI parliamentarians to get specific seats.
Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb heard the petition filed by Malik Habib Noor Orakzai against the Election Commission’s decision.
The Islamabad High Court instructed the petitioner’s lawyer to wait now, the Election Commission will be called now, if the Election Commission does not come, they will take a decision.
The petitioner’s lawyer said that the reserved seats order was issued on March 4 and we were given only one reserved seat. The court remarked that why the applicant is not a party, the General Secretary does not have the authority, to which the lawyer said that the party itself has made the application through the General Secretary.
The court inquired that how many members of your party are there in the provincial assembly? The petitioner’s lawyer said that we have two MPAs and the notifications of both have been attached. According to the notification of March 3, one seat was given while we have two seats. The seat has been given while the stay is over.
The court adjourned the hearing by summoning the Election Commission officials.
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