ECP to implement Supreme Court’s order on reserved seats

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been granted reserved seats by the Supreme Court, and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has chosen to carry out this decision.
The Supreme Court declared on July 12 that the PTI was and is a political party that gained general seats in the national and provincial assemblies in the elections held on February 8 and is therefore entitled to reserved seats, marking a significant legal success for the PTI and a blow for the ruling class.

The court, by a majority of 8, set aside the Peshawar High Court’s judgement of March 25 and declared the ECP order of March 1 to be ultra vires the Constitution, without lawful authority and of no legal effect.
The ECP said in a statement that the decision was made following two meetings conducted by the electoral body on Thursday and Friday to discuss the ruling in the reserved seats issue.The statement went on to say that the ECP’s legal team has been instructed to “identify” any roadblock to the verdict’s execution right away so that the highest court can be consulted for advice.
Without identifying the Imran Khan-founded party, the ECP stated, “Moreover, the commission strongly condemned and rejected the undue criticism of the chief election commissioner and honourable members by a political party.”
“Demanding the resignation [of CEC and members] is ridiculous,” it continued, alluding to the PTI’s demand following the PTI’s Supreme Court victory.