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ECP: The SC’s order on reserved seats should be followed in full.

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The Supreme Court’s decision on the distribution of reserved seats to political parties will be followed in letter and spirit, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Tuesday.

The Election Commission will act in accordance with the directives given to the electoral body by the highest court, according to sources within the organization. They claimed further that there was a pending matter pertaining to the extra seats.

Regarding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate elections, they claimed a decision had not yet been made. Additionally, the sources stated that KP province Senate elections would only be feasible once the matter pertaining to reserved seats was resolved.

The Sunni Ittehad Council’s appeal was accepted for consideration by the Supreme Court on Monday, but the PHC and the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to reserve seats for the SIC and award them to other parties was stayed.

The mandate granted by the people should be properly represented in parliament, Judge Mansoor Ali Shah said as the proceedings got back underway. Allow me to explain what the Election Commission has really done, said the ECP’s legal representative. We only dispersed the reserved seats once. No new distribution of them was made.

The court, Justice Shah said, was more interested in following the Constitution than in what the Election Commission had done. Giving other parties more seats isn’t it against the idea of proportionality, Justice Shah questioned. According to Justice Athar Minallah, seats were unfairly awarded to other parties. Even after losing the electoral symbol, a party could still run for office, according to his observation.

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Maintaining Fertiliser Price Stability: The Need for a Continuous Gas Supply to the Fertiliser Sector

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To guarantee fertiliser price stability, a cabinet committee meeting was presided over by Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, the deputy prime minister.

Senior government officials, including Industries Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain, attended the meeting.

The attendees received an update on the government’s, gas suppliers’, and fertiliser industry’s conversations. Additionally, the gas supply for the fertiliser sector was evaluated and determined to be adequate.

Throughout the Rabi cropping season, the Deputy Prime Minister ordered the fertiliser industry to maintain a continuous gas supply in order to guarantee steady production and stock levels.

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Fifth Straight Cut: PM Applauds SBP’s Policy Rate Reduction

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Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has praised the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to lower its policy rate by an additional 2 percent, stating that the bank’s current 13 percent rate is encouraging for the nation’s economy.

He expressed optimism in a statement that the policy rate cut would encourage investment and further boost investor confidence in the country’s economy.

The prime minister said that decreasing the inflation rate also lowered the policy rate and that future inflation rate reductions will be even more pronounced.

Additionally, he expressed gratitude to the Federal Finance Minister and other officials for their work in this area.

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GHQ Attack Case: Prosecution Seeks Bail Cancellation of CM KP & Other Accused, Indicts 9 More

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25 defendants, including PTI officials, have non-bailable arrest warrants issued by the Anti Terrorism Court of Rawalpindi for their failure to show up for court proceedings related to the GHQ attack case.

Judge Amjad Ali Shah added nine more suspects to the GHQ attack indictment list during today’s ATC Court sessions, bringing the total to 98.

Among the 61 defendants who appeared in court were Shah Mehmud Qureshi and the founder of the PTI.

Among those charged are Khadim Hussain Khokhar, Mehr Mohammad Javed, Chaudhary Asif, Zakir Ullah, Azeem Ullah, Shireen Mazatri, Major Retired Tahir Sadiq, and former MPA Rashid Hafeez.

A plea to cancel the bail of 23 suspects, including Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has also been filed by the prosecution side.

In the GHQ attack, there were 119 accused in total.

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