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PESHAWAR, Jul 01 (APP): The Peshawar High Court here Tuesday temporarily stopped newly selected members on reserved seats from taking their oath in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
This decision came after a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P), which challenged the recent allocation of reserved seats by the Election Commission.
A two-member bench, consisting of Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Dr. Khurshid Iqbal, heard the case and stoped oath taking of selected members on reserved seats till next hearing.
PTI-P’s lawyer, Advocate Sultan Muhammad Khan, argued that the party was unfairly given only one women’s reserved seat despite winning two general seats. He claimed PTI-P was entitled to two women’s seats and one minority seat.
The court questioned whether PTI-P had submitted its priority list for reserved seats, to which the counsel responded affirmatively.
He insisted that the allocation was miscalculated, and therefore, the oath-taking process must be paused until the matter is resolved.
Responding to the petition, the court issued notices to the Election Commission and ordered a halt to any oath-taking on the disputed seats till next hearing.