The Supreme Court of Pakistan will announce its verdict on a case concerning the reserved seats of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) today.
According to a cause list issued on Thursday evening, the decision will be announced at 12 pm. An earlier notice said that the decision would be announced at 9:30 am.
However, the cause list clairfied that the full court would not be present to announce the verdict.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi will announce the verdict.
The court had reserved its verdict on Tuesday after closing the hearing on a set of appeals moved by the SIC.
The top court’s 13-member full bench held its special session under the chair of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
The important session was summoned by the Chief Justice to hold a discussion over the order related to the reserved seats’ case.
Earlier, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had reserved its verdict in the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) plea against the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) verdict upholding the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision denying them the reserved seats.
The case was heard by a 13-member full court bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa.
