SC dismisses PTI’s review plea about intra-party elections

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) petition regarding intra-party elections.

A three-member bench, headed by CJP Qazi Faez Isa, and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali, was hearing the PTI’s plea to review its judgement on its intra-party election.

PTI’s counsel Hamid Khan pleaded for the constitution of a larger bench for the review petition and asked that the case be referred to the committee for constitution of a larger bench.

Speaking to Hamid Khan, Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa said that there is a matter of revision and court have to look at the law.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa said why you did not raise this point earlier, you should proceed with the case.

Hamid Khan said that the court should see the paragraph of the decision of the Sunni Ittehad Council and Election Commission case, on which the Chief Justice of Pakistan said why should court look at that decision.

PTI’s lawyer Hamid Khan objected to the bench and said that the present 3-member bench cannot hear the case as a 13-member bench has already given its verdict in the Sunni Ittehad Cuncil case.

Hamid Khan said that it is being said that PTI has not conducted intra-party elections but party has conducted elections, however court declared it null and void.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar said PTI’s election constitution is very transparent, either you should change such constitution or hold intra-party elections accordingly.

The Supreme Court, while upholding the January 13 decision regarding the PTI intra-party election, dismissed the review petition and said that no error could be identified in the decision.

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