PML-N files review plea against SC’s reserve seats verdict

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s decision to give reserved seats to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI).

PML-N in the petition filed by the League, 11 parties, including the Sunni Ittehad Council, Hamid Raza and the Election Commission of Pakistan, have been made parties, while in the petition, a stay order injunction has been requested on the decision of the Supreme Court on July 12.

It has been argued in the petition that the decision of the Supreme Court is completely silent on a few points, should the Sunni Ittehad Council get specific seats. The decision is silent, should such a party get reserved seats which has not submitted the list itself.  The verdict is silent.

The petition states that whether an independent candidate can join a party whose one winning candidate is not present in the assembly. Should the seats be left vacant or distributed among the parties that contested the elections. The Supreme Court heard a lot of points but the short judgment is silent on many important points.

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