National
April 13, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The federal and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments have raised objections on a petition, filed in the Supreme Court against the 25th Amendment, through which the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) were merged in the KP.
A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi, heard a constitutional petition, filed by a large number of elders and Maliks of the former tribal areas.
Last year on Sept 23, the bench had admitted for regular hearing the constitutional petition, challenging the 25th Amendment to the Constitution and had issued notices to the Attorney General for Pakistan, the Advocate General of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and other respondents in the case and had adjourned the hearing for date-in-office (indefinite period).
ISLAMABAD: The federal and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa governments have raised objections on a petition, filed in the Supreme Court against the 25th Amendment, through which the Federally Administered.
ECP’s support for secret ballot surprises PTI
Legal analysts say PTI may refrain from reacting to election supervisor’s stand because the matter is sub judice
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ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government is surprised at the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) reply to the Supreme Court in the presidential reference case wherein it supported secret ballot in the Senate elections.
A senior government functionary, while talking to The Express Tribune, revealed that the ECP’s concise statement on Saturday came as a surprise for the government. He said that the government did not expect that the election supervisor would oppose the open ballot.