Islamabad: Through the sessions conducted through a three-judge committee as provided under Section 9 of the SC Practice and Procedure Act 2023, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has decided not to fix any date for the hearing of the review petition filed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz PML-N against the recent judgment regarding the reserved seats. This verdict is a majority opinion containing Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, senior puisne Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, and Justice Munib Akhtar, to change the course of the PML-N’s appeal by about two months after the end of the court’s summer break. This recommendation was made whenever Justices Shah and Akhtar were not available this contributed so much to the committee.
On 15th July, PML-N filed a review petition against SC’s judgment on reserved seats for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), passed on 12th July. Besides praying to the LHC for a stay order on the July 12 decision until a final hearing of the case, the PML-N has called for a retrial because the number of reserved seats for the PTI should not have been awarded. Specifically, the petition argues that the PTI did not specifically demand these seats and challenges the grounds for the division.
Additionally, the separation between the PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council is highlighted in the PML-N petition, for some of the individuals considered members of the PTI declared themselves independent in official documents earlier.
This ruling came after the PTI challenged the PHC and the election commission, and the July 12 SC decision, with Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa leading an 8-5 majority, upheld the PTI’s reserved seat claims, arguing that the lack of an election symbol would not disqualify a party from contesting the vote.
