ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to hear the matter of giving reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council in the open court.
According to sources, an important meeting of the Commission was held on the issue of specific seats of the SIC. A notice was issued to the head of the Sunni Ittehad Council. The ECP’s full bench will hear the issue of such seats on Tuesday.
In a detailed written communication from Sahibzada Hamid Raza, the Chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council, the Commission had been urged to allocate reserved seats based on the affiliation of independent candidates.
The letter outlines that a significant number of independent candidates have affiliated themselves with the Sunni Ittehad Council. Specifically, 87 independent candidates from the National Assembly, 107 from the Punjab Assembly, 90 from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, and 9 from the Sindh Assembly have joined the council’s ranks.
Highlighting these figures, the letter emphasizes the need for proportional representation in the national and provincial assemblies based on the success of these independent candidates who have aligned with the Sunni Ittehad Council.
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The electoral watchdog’s Research and Implementation (R&I) branch has received the documentation from the Sunni Ittehad Council and has assigned a diary number to the request, indicating the formal initiation of the process.
