The deputy registrar has submitted a note to the registrar of the Supreme Court concerning the “clarification issued by eight judges” related to a miscellaneous request from the Election Commission of Pakistan. This letter was written on September 14.

The deputy registrar noted that there have been media reports suggesting that the SC has issued a clarification regarding its decision made on July 12. But it was highlighted that “no notices have been issued to the relevant parties by the Registrar’s Office, nor have any notices been sent in response to the Election Commission of Pakistan’s request for clarification.”

The note further stated that the clarification on the ECP’s miscellaneous request was published on the SC’s website. It also indicated that this clarification had not been received by the Registrar’s Office until 8pm.

On Saturday, the SC disposed of the ECP’s petition seeking clarification on the apex court’s July 12 order that awarded Imran Khan’s party more parliamentary seats, stating that the ECP’s request for clarification “is merely a delaying tactic.”

“The clarification sought by the commission in terms is nothing more than a contrived device and the adoption of dilatory tactics, adopted to delay, defeat and obstruct implementation of the decision of the Court,” the SC said in its order.

The bench comprised Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Ayesha A Malik, Athar Minallah, Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Shahid Waheed, and Irfan Saadat Khan.

It was issued at a time when the ruling coalition played the numbers game as the crucial vote for the constitutional amendment got closer. The bill, described as the “constitutional package”, if approved, would increase the retirement age by three years.