Pakistan, May 22 -- ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed all three objections raised by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) regarding the constitutional bench hearing the reserved seats case. However, the Court has approved a request to broadcast the proceedings live.

An 11-member constitutional bench, led by Justice Aminuddin Khan, resumed hearing the review petitions related to the allocation of reserved seats. Senior lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan, representing the affected women candidates from the July 12 verdict, presented detailed arguments against SIC's objections.

Khan argued that the 1980 Supreme Court Rules no longer apply to the current review petitions after the 26th Constitutional Amendment, which introduced the c...