The Election Commission of Pakistan has notified 93 more returned MPAs across three provinces as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers following the Supreme Court’s July 12 order regarding the reserved seats case.
According to the ECP notification on Monday, 29 seats in the Punjab Assembly, six seats in the Sindh Assembly and 58 seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly were given to the PTI.
Last week, the ECP notified 39 returned MNAs. Moreover, the country’s top electoral authority had decided to seek further guidance from the Supreme Court regarding the implementation of the verdict on reserved seats.
Earlier this month, a full-court SC bench set aside orders of the Peshawar High Court and Election Commission of Pakistan to take away reserved seats from the Sunni Ittehad Council. The court ruled that the PTI should be considered a political party and given reserved seats.
“Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was and is a political party which secured and won… general seats in the national and provincial assemblies in the general elections of 2024,” said the majority decision read by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.
The decision was made by a majority of eight and announced by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa. However, the majority order was read out by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.