Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa observed on Wednesday that it seemed that elections would not take place in the country if complaints were being raised despite strong orders of the court, according to a BBC report.

A three-member of the Supreme Court took up PTI’s petitions for level playing field in the general elections on Wednesday. Led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the bench included Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali.

The bench ordered an implementation report on its order for conducting fair elections in the country. It also issued notices to Punjab’s inspector general and chief secretary over complaints filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

Sardar Latif Khosa appeared on behalf of PTI and argued that the nomination papers of the party’s members had been rejected en-masse. However, the bench advised them to approach tribunals that have been set up.

To this Khosa replied that in many instances, candidates were not even being given the orders of the ECP which would allow them to file appeals.

The bench also asked why the inspector general and chief secretary had been made parties in the case when it was a contempt petition. The bench observed that the issue must be directed at the Election Commission of Pakistan only.

When Khosa argued that the persisting issues faced by the PTI were a result of non-compliance of SC’s orders to the ECP, the CJP observed that the ECP had already filed an implementation report over the order.

He then observed that if things persisted as they were, it did not seem like elections would take place in the country.