Peshawar: The High Court has given the Governor Pakhtunkhwa a deadline to submit his reply regarding the provincial elections.
Peshawar High Court Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Arshad Ali heard the petitions filed for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elections in 90 days. On this occasion, PTI leaders Shibli Faraz, Shaukat Yousafzai, Shah Farman and Atif Khan appeared in the court.
Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, while giving the last time to the governor to submit the reply, remarked that whoever has to submit the reply should do so within 2 days, those who don’t want to do so, we will hear the case.
Tehreek-e-Insaf’s lawyer Muazzam Butt said that the court had asked the Election Commission and the Governor for a response, on which the court said that we have received the response from the Election Commission and the provincial government. The Advocate General told the court that he immediately contacted the Governor, who was in Mansehra at that time. Governor arrived last night. Will submit reply in 2 days.
Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim said that we will hear this case on the next hearing, we want to decide on the petitions soon. PTI’s lawyer Shamail Butt argued that the Advocate General cannot represent the Governor, to which the court said that the Advocate General has only informed about the reply. We will see whether the Advocate General can represent the Governor or not.
The court said that 2 more days are given for the reply. The governor should submit the reply in two days. The case will be heard on Monday. Later, the court adjourned the hearing till February 20.
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