The Supreme Court has accepted the review petitions of the PTI and Sunni Ittehad Council in the reserved seats case and annulled its earlier decision issued on July 12.
The four-page short order came through a majority decision by a seven-member bench. With the acceptance of the review petitions, the judgement of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) in the case has been upheld. The short order has been signed by 10 judges.
The verdict practically deprives the PTI of the reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies, which would now be divided among ruling parties, including the PPP, PML-N and others. After being allocated the additional reserved seats, the ruling government will enjoy a comfortable two-thirds majority in parliament.
As per an amended part of the decision, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel has upheld his decision to the extent of awarding 39 seats to the PTI. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi also partially approved the review petitions, along with Justice Mandokhel.
Justice Mazhar and Justice Rizvi asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to re-examine the nomination papers to resolve the issue.
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