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Senate polls to be held through secret ballot, but secrecy not absolute: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court building.
A five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court has announced its reserved opinion on open balloting for Senate elections.
Supreme Court says Senate elections cannot be held through open ballot.
However, the secrecy of the ballot is not absolute and can be tempered by practical conditions, court says.
ISLAMABAD: As political parties remain engaged in intense campaigning for the upcoming Senate polls, the Supreme Court on Monday held, with a 4-1 majority, that polling for Senate elections is held under the Constitution and thus can not be done through an open ballot.
Senate elections: Constitution superior to conspiratorial ordinances , says Maryam Nawaz
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Maryam lashes out at government over ill-intentioned references No measures similar to the breakdown of the RTS system and the Daska by-election will be tolerated, she says
Earlier, the SC had said that the Senate elections cannot be held through open balloting
PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Monday lashed out at the government and hailed the Supreme Court’s opinion to hold the Senate elections via a secret ballot.
Taking to Twitter, the PML-N leader said that it had been proven once again that the Constitution is superior to conspiratorial ordinances and ill-intentioned references.
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February 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) will announce on March 1 its opinion on the presidential reference seeking its views about holding the upcoming Senate elections through the open ballot.
A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Yahya Afridi will announce its reserved opinion on March 1 in the open court.
The court the other day had reserved its opinion after all the counsel had concluded their arguments and after rebuttal of Attorney General Khalid Javed.