The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) filed a case with the Sindh High Court challenging the non-allocation of reserved seats. The court decided not to count three reserved seats in tomorrow’s presidential election.
The parties in question were likewise notified by the court of the SIC’s petition. It has requested a response by March 28 from the electoral commission, the MQM, the PPP, and other parties.
According to the appeal, PTI candidates who were elected on their own have officially joined the Sunni Ittehad Council, strengthening their request for representation and trying to strengthen their legal position. In particular, the petition supports giving the SIC two reserved seats for women and one special seat for minorities.
The petition names the federation as a defendant, along with political organizations including the PPP, MQM, and the elected candidates on reserved seats. It also names the chief election commissioners of Sindh and Pakistan.
A division bench of the court called the SIC’s attorneys to a chamber discussion of the matter during the hearing. Nonetheless, Sindh Advocate General Hasan Akbar and other government attorneys tried to enter the room.
Later, the AG was also called in the judge’s chamber.
Previously, similar petitions were filed before the Lahore High Court against the election commission’s decision to allocate the SIC’s reserved seats to other parties.
In order to obtain its fair share of reserved seats, the SIC filed an appeal with the high court, contesting the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to distribute these seats to other political parties. The court granted the request for an accelerated hearing since it understood how urgent the situation was.
