Pakistan

KPK Assembly: Twenty five opposition members to take oath tomorrow

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11 months ago

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session will be held tomorrow, where 25 opposition members will take oath as Members Provisional Assembly.

The session will start at 09 AM PST. The new members include 21 female members and 4 minority members.

The 21 members include seven from Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN), Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-F), and four from Pakistan Peoples Party, two from Awami National Party (ANP), and one from Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P).

The Minority members include two from JUIF and one from PMLN and PPP, respectively.

Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday reserved its verdict on pleas regarding the allocation of reserved seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly.

A four-member bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from all parties.

The case was filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), and others.

Hearing arguments from lawyers, the CEC noted that two phases of notifications had been issued regarding reserved seats and that the issue concerning the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) had not yet been resolved.

The lawyer for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) argued that reserved seats should be allocated based on the general seats won. The number of reserved seats should correspond to the number of general seats. He emphasised that the most critical issue is the cut-off date.

On July 8, the PHC nullified the ECP’s notification on the distribution of reserved seats for women and minorities in the KP Assembly. The court also halted the oath-taking of lawmakers on these reserved seats until the ECP’s final decision.

The court had directed the ECP to reallocate the seats after hearing all relevant parties within 10 days.

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