The Election Commission of Pakistan denied a news item on Thursday about filing a miscellaneous petition in the Supreme Court.

“The ECP has not yet taken any decision about the filing of a miscellaneous petition in the Supreme Court,” an ECP press release said. “This is complete disinformation,” it added.

This comes after 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.

In July, a full-court bench of the Supreme Court set aside orders of the Peshawar High Court and ECP taking away reserved seats from the Sunni Ittehad Council. The court ruled that the PTI should be considered a political party and given reserved seats.

On Thursday, members of the PML-N approached the Election Commission of Pakistan regarding the matter of reserved seats while the National Assembly speaker told the chief election commissioner that SC judgement could not be implemented under the amended law.