Tehreek-i-Insaf moves PHC for polls under supervision of judiciary

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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Thursday filed a petition with the Peshawar High Court seeking directives for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold the upcoming elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through judicial officers under the supervision of the judiciary. Petitioner Mohammad Muazzam Butt, a senior lawyer and spokesperson for the PTI, requested the court to direct the ECP as well as the province’s caretaker government and governor not to interfere in the process for next polls. He said the court should declare that the “enforcement of fundamental rights of citizens should be ensured and for the true spirit of democracy the...

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the prime minister’s principal secretary and federal finance secretary to respond to a petition seeking its orders for the federal and provincial governments to provide three per cent share in the National Finance Commission Award and Rs100 billion funds annually for the development of the merged tribal districts. A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan and Justice Wiqar Ahmad ordered the filing of those comments within a fortnight. The order was issued following the preliminary hearing into a petition filed by the newly-formed Tehreek-i-Islahat Pakistan political party through its vice-chairman, Malik Habib Noor...

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Tehreek-i-Insaf moves PHC for polls under supervision of judiciary

PHC seeks centre’s response to ex-Fata funds plea