Pakistan: Peshawar High Court restrains oath-taking on reserved seats amid row
Peshawar, March 6 -- The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday restrained elected members of reserved seats from taking oath after hearing the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) petition against the ruling of the Election Commission of Pakistan over the allocation of reserved seats to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), ARY News reported.
According to the report, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday notified the allocation of reserved seats for women and minorities, which were claimed by PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), to other political parties.
The court order came a day after the electoral body rejected the SIC petition seeking the allocation of reserved seats following a merger ...
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