The Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) rejected the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council on the difficulty of reserved seats.
The problem of particular seats got here to mild after the impartial candidates of Tehreek-e-Insaf joined the Sunni Ittehad Council after successful the election 2024.
On the plea of the Sunni Unity Council, the ECP dominated that it didn’t deserve the quota of reserved seats for girls and minorities.
The choice mentioned that the Election Fee had prolonged 2 days to submit the precedence checklist of sure seats.
The ECP judgment additional mentioned that the Sunni Ittehad Council didn’t checklist the seats reserved for girls earlier than the elections, which was required.
The Election Fee in its determination additionally mentioned that it’s a authorized requirement to offer the checklist of particular seats earlier than the elections, and the failure of the Sunni Ittehad Council to offer the checklist of particular seats on time is a authorized defect.
The ECP ruling acknowledged that the chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council contested the election as an impartial regardless of the election image, the occasion confirmed that its candidates had contested as an impartial.
The Election Fee has issued a choice within the ratio of 1-4, Member Punjab Babar Hasan Bharwana has written a dissenting word.
Dissenting word of Member Election Fee Babar Hasan Bharwana
Election Fee member Punjab Babar Hasan Bharwana mentioned in a dissenting word that he agrees with the 4 members that the seats can’t be given to the Sunni Ittehad Council.
He additional mentioned that these particular seats can’t be distributed amongst different political events, these seats ought to be stored vacant underneath Article 51 and 106 of the Structure.
The dissenting word additionally mentioned that Article 106 of the Structure is obvious that every political occasion will get particular seats in accordance with the overall seats obtained.
Babar Hasan Bharwana mentioned in a dissenting word that the seats ought to be stored vacant till Article 51 and 106 of the Structure are amended.
