Supreme Court Full-court bench resumes hearing in reserved seats case
The hearing began with Attorney General Mansoor Awan picking off his arguments from where he left off on Tuesday.
Islamabad: A full-court bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed hearing the reserved seats case on Tuesday.
Led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, the bench includes Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Ayesha Malik, Athar Minallah, Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Shahid Waheed, Irfan Saadat Khan and Naeem Akhtar Afghan.
The hearing is being livestreamed on Supreme Court of Pakistan’s YouTube channel.
The hearing began with Attorney General Mansoor Awan picking off his arguments from where he left off on Tuesday.
On Monday, the bench had asked Awan to submit details off calculations of reserved seats with or without consideration of indpendents in the assembly.
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The Sunni Ittehad Council was deprived of reserved seats for women and minorities in the National and provincial assemblies by the ECP after the general election. The decision was later upheld by the Peshawar High Court.
PTI-backed independents had joined the SIC after they were contested the February 8 election without the bat symbol.
Supreme Court Issues Show-Cause Notices to 34 TV Channels in Contempt Case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued show-cause notices to 34 TV channels in a high-profile contempt of court case, demanding responses from channel owners within two weeks.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, Justice Aqeel Abbasi, and Justice Naeem Afghan directed the issuance of these notices in relation to the Faisal Vawda and Mustafa Kamal contempt of court case.
The court instructed that the notices be dispatched through PEMRA, requiring each channel to submit a response signed by their operational heads and owners or shareholders within the stipulated timeframe.
The order highlighted concerns raised by lawyer Safai Faisal Siddiqui, noting that initial responses were not signed by channel owners but by Siddiqui himself. The court found the uniformity of the channels’ arguments unsatisfactory, emphasizing the need for proper and direct responses from the responsible parties.
This move underscores the judiciary’s firm stance on upholding court decorum and accountability in media practices.
