ISLAMABAD: As the reserved seats saga continues to grip the country’s political landscape, Supreme Court’s Justice Yahya Afridi’s separate note has been issued by the apex court with the puisne judge directing the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to revisit its notification of returned candidates on the reserved seats.
A returned candidate, who declared himself to represent a political party, duly submitted a certificate of nomination and didn’t withdraw the declaration via any written intimation, has to be declared a returned candidate representing the said political party and not otherwise, reads Justice Yahya’s note originally dated August 13, 2024.
The development comes a day after the top court issued the detailed judgment of its July 12 short order which had declared the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) eligible for reserved seats.
The 8-5 majority judgment was supported by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha A Malik, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan.
