SHC orders to not count reserved seats votes in presidential election

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court(SHC) has issued an order to not count the votes of three reserved seats in the presidential election.

The court issued a short verdict on Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) petition for reserved seats.

PPP’s Smita Afzal, MQM Fauzia Hameed and PPP’s minority seat Surendar Valasai took oath yesterday.

However, today the SHC issued a written order in the case of not giving reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council in the Sindh Assembly.

The court order states that in the presidential election, the court does not want to interfere in the process of voting by the members of the Sindh Assembly in favor of their favorite candidate, however, these three votes of the Sindh Assembly should not be considered as decisive votes. Until the final decision of the application is made.

According to the order, Advocate General Sindh has objected to the admissibility of the petition.

The court has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), MQM Pakistan, PPP to respond on March 28.

On the other hand, the Sindh government is of the opinion that the three members of the Sindh Assemblies have taken oath on March 7 and the petition has become ineffective.

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On the other hand, the Lahore High Court has issued a notice to the parties on the petition against not getting reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council and called for a reply, further hearing has been adjourned till March 13.