ECP response sought to Tehreek-i-Insaf plea for judicial supervision of polls

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PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Monday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to respond to a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf petition that sought orders for the holding of the upcoming elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through judicial officers under the supervision of the judiciary. Fixing Dec 18 for next hearing into the petition filed by spokesperson for the PTI and senior lawyer Mohammad Muazzam Butt, Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Wiqar Ahmad gave the ECP a fortnight to file that response. The petitioner requested the court to ask the ECP as well as the province’s caretaker government and governor not to interfere in...

17 November

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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...

11 June

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Wiping the slate: PTI MPA challenges legitimacy of May 30 polls

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PESHAWAR:Not only have re-elections at 365 polling stations been challenged through a petition at the Peshawar High Court, but the legitimacy of the entire process has been brought into question. Filed by PK-24 (Mardan) MPA Zahid Durrani through his counsel Muhammad Muazzam Butt, the petition claims both the elections and the re-elections are against the law. Durrani is a prominent leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The petition names the secretary of the provincial chief election commissioner as one of the respondents. Other respondents include Mardan’s district returning officer, DIG and DPO, and secretary Election Commission of Pakistan. “The DRO, who is also the Mardan...

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ECP response sought to Tehreek-i-Insaf plea for judicial supervision of polls

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

Wiping the slate: PTI MPA challenges legitimacy of May 30 polls