The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted affidavits to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) confirming the party affiliations of 25 out of 41 Members of the National Assembly (MNAs).

PTI’s party chief, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, stated that the affidavits of 7 more MNAs will be submitted shortly.

This development comes in response to a landmark Supreme Court verdict in the reserved seats case. The Supreme Court had directed the ECP to seek confirmations from the 41 PTI MNAs regarding their party memberships.

The court’s order clarified that out of the 80 returned candidates (now MNAs), 39 were shown as PTI members in the ECP’s records. The remaining 41 were shown as independents. The court ruled that the 39 PTI-affiliated MNAs had secured their seats on behalf of the PTI, for the purposes of Article 51 provisions.

This verdict represents a win for the PTI party, as it has been declared eligible for the reserved seats based on the confirmed party affiliations of its MNAs.

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“In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the general election of 2024, it is further ordered that any of the remaining 41 returned candidates out of the aforesaid 80—may, within 15 working days of this order file a statement duly signed and notarised stating that he or she contested the general election as a candidate of the political party specified therein,” the order read.

“If any such statement(s) is/are filed, the commission shall forthwith but in any case within seven days thereafter give notice to the political party concerned to file, within 15 working days, a confirmation that the candidate contested the general election as its candidate,” stated the apex court in its order.