Advocate Azhar Siddique filed a separate petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s application for clarification be dismissed and the certificates of affiliation of independent members be approved. The petition also seeks an order for the ECP to implement the brief verdict of July 12.

The PTI has maintained that the ECP has approached the court for clarification on the verdict. The petition argues that the commission’s claim of facing difficulties in implementing the verdict “is an attempt to delay” the court’s decision and that the commission’s petition was allegedly not filed in good faith.

It alleged that the ECP was creating obstacles in the reserved seats and that PTI’s constitutional and legal framework was in place. The PTI held intra-party elections on March 3 and submitted the details to the commission, with Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub elected as chairman and general secretary respectively, the petition added.

The petition stated that the party affiliation of the members was approved by the signatures of the chairman and secretary and the ECP is “bound to complete the process of issuing the certificates of party affiliation.”