PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday barred lawmakers on reserved seats from taking oath until tomorrow (Thursday).
A two-member bench of the PHC comprising Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Shakeel Ahmed announced the decision on a petition filed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to reject the allocation of reserved seats to the party.
The Court issued a pre-admission notice to the ECP and directed it to submit its response in the Case.
It also halted the oath-taking of lawmakers until tomorrow.
The bench further referred the case to the PHC Chief Justice for the formation of a larger bench.
Last Monday, the ECP rejected a SIC’s petition seeking the allocation of reserved seats.
The 4-1 majority verdict was issued by a five-member bench headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja.
The ECP member Babar Hassan Bharwana dissented from the judgment in an additional note.
 on Wednesday barred lawmakers on reserved seats from taking oath until tomorrow (Thursday).){kind=link}