Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Hamid Raza said on Wednesday that his party will put the next government to the test.
Islamabad: SIC looks to put next govt to test. Raza said: “The misunderstanding was created from the letter penned to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).”
“Our letter has nothing to do with the reserved seats,” Raza added.
– ECP reserves verdict on reserved seats allotment to SIC –
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday reserved its verdict on pleas pertaining to the allotment of reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) wherein PTI backed independents joined on the party leadership decision after winning from their respective constituencies.
PTI took the decision after the PTI lost its electoral symbol in the run-up to the February 8 elections. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, lawyer Ali Zafar, and SIC Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza appeared before the electoral watchdog.
Read More: ECP adjourns hearing on pleas to allocate reserved seats to SIC
During the hearing, the ECP stated that the decision has been pending before the commission and also put on hold the notifications for the 10 reserved seats for women in the National Assembly and 21 reserved seats for women in the KP Assembly.
he Sunni Ittehad Council is a political alliance of Islamic political and Barelvi religious parties in Pakistan which represents followers of the school of Sunni Islam.
The party was formed in 2009. The current chairman of the main ‘M’ faction is Sayyid Mahfooz Shah Sahib Mashadi and member parties of the Sunni Ittehad Council include the Aalmi Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat of Pir Afzal Qadri (of Gujrat) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was founded by Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi. The breakaway ‘F’ faction that was established by Sahibzada Fazl Kareem and Haji Hanif Tayyab is now under the leadership of Hamid Raza.
After the 2024 election, the winning independent candidates supported by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf joined this party at Imran khan’s behest.
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