PHC rejects PTI plea for polls under judiciary’s supervision

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PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Thursday declared as not maintainable and rejected plea of a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader, challenging the last month Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notifications of appointing executive officers as district returning officers and returning officers. A bench consisting of PHC Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad referred to an order of Supreme Court of December 15 and ruled: “In view of the above, we are of the view that Hon’ble Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the matter, in which final judgment is yet to be passed, therefore, we lay our hands off...

25 December

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PTI to challenge ‘flawed’ ECP verdict on intra-party polls, electoral symbol in Peshawar High Court

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The PTI on Monday said it would challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to declare its intra-party polls as unconstitutional and revoke the iconic ‘bat’ symbol in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) tomorrow (Tuesday). The development comes after the electoral watchdog last week voided, for the second time in less than a month, PTI’s internal elections in which Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was easily elected as the party’s new chairman. The verdict came following a first-of-its-kind microscopic examination of the inner workings of a political party and declared the party ineligible to obtain an election symbol to contest the upcoming general elections. “It is held that...

19 December

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PHC reserves judgement on plea for polls under judiciary’s supervision

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday reserved its verdict about the maintainability of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s petition for holding the Feb 8 polls in the province through judicial officials under the supervision of the judiciary. During the hearing, a bench comprising Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad questioned if it could continue hearing the case after a Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court’s stay order against the appointment of district returning officers, returning officers and assistant returning officers from the executive. The high court’s CJ said as the apex court had issued a verdict on...

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PHC rejects PTI plea for polls under judiciary’s supervision

PTI to challenge ‘flawed’ ECP verdict on intra-party polls, electoral symbol in Peshawar High Court

PHC reserves judgement on plea for polls under judiciary’s supervision