The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of the PMLN and other opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province over the issue of reserved seats.
Peshawar: PHC rules in favour of PPP, PMLN on reserved seats. PTI-led government in KP was trying to block the oath of some of the opposition members elected on reserved seats. Consequently, PPP, PMLN and JUIF filed petitions with the PHC.
The PHC – which earlier this month dismissed PTI’s petition against the ECP decision to allot dozens of reserved seats to PMLN, JUIF, and PPP – granted the petitions by PPP and PMLN and JUIF in its short order.
The court told the speaker to administer the oath to the MPAs elected on reserved seats.
It said a detailed order would be issued later.
During the hearing on Wednesday, when Justice Attique Shah asked if the speaker was blocking the oath, a lawyer representing the speaker said it was not the case.
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Justice Shakil Ahmed remarked that after the ECP had issued notification for the MPAs they deserved to be sworn in.
The Peshawar High Court is the provincial and highest judicial institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), one of a handful of reforms paving the way for a merger of the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
History
During the last days of the 19th century, the viceroy of India Lord Curzon (1899–1905), proposed the creation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province (then NWFP) which was approved by the Secretary of State for India, Lord George F. Hamilton, on 20 December 1900.
The province was formally founded on 9 November 1901, (the King’s birthday) had to get one Judicial Commissioner. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Law and Justice Regulation No. VII of 1901 was enacted by the Governor-General-in-Council, under section 3 of the Government of India Act, 1854, in order to establish judicial institutions.
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