PHC Grants ECP 60 Days to Decide On Senate Elections

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has been given a (60) day deadline by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to make a decision on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate elections.

According to specifics, the ruling was made in response to a petition submitted by a candidate running for the Senate’s technocrat seat. In a (6) page ruling, Justice S.M. Ateeq Shah directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide on the Senate elections in accordance with the law.

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A disagreement about administering the oath to elected women on reserved seats caused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to decide to postpone the province’s Senate elections, which prompted the filing of the case.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has justified the postponement by pointing to an ongoing Supreme Court lawsuit involving the distribution of reserved seats.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has now been instructed by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to make a decision about the Senate elections within the allotted period. A petition for an order for the KPK Senate election was previously filed at the Peshawar High Court.

The petitioner’s attorney stated in the high court that “the Senate has been unfinished, lacking representation of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province.” While Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim demanded the attorney if the Supreme Court’s explained judgment in the additional seats case had been issued. “The decision was issued but not being executed,” the attorney responded.

Whereas the attorney for the election commission informed the court that a review petition had been filed in order to get the court’s guidance on how to proceed. “A senator has a (6 year) term, but KP’s senators have not yet been elected,” the petitioner’s attorney stated.