Verdict on reserved seats due after full court huddle

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court full bench had a threadbare discussion on the matter related to reserved seats for wom­en and non-Muslims on Wednesday, a day after closing the hearing on a set of appe­als moved by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and reserving the verdict that is now exp­ected to be announced later this week.The full court after the consultation is expected to come up with an overarching pronouncement on how to allocate reserved seats to the parliamentary parties under the proportional representation system in future. The apex court had earlier reserved its ruling on the appeals against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Peshawar High Court (PHC) decisions to deny reserved seats for women and non-Muslims to the SIC. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa while closing the hearing on Tuesday had simply stated “reserved”, though Justice Munib Akhtar presumed to have suggested announcing the decision the same day. Justice Isa then explained that the judgement was being reserved as it could be longish and that the judges had not yet consulted each other…
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