SC suspends ECP, PHC’s verdict on SIC reserved seats

On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision rejecting the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) claim that women’s and minority seats are reserved for the organisation, which is the new home of PTI lawmakers-elect.
The development occurred when a SIC appeal against the PHC ruling was taken up by a three-judge bench, led by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and included Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Athar Minallah.
The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), the new residence for PTI lawmakers-elect, filed a case with the Supreme Court on Monday challenging the denial of reserved seats for women and minorities.
Independent candidates supported by the PTI had previously joined the SIC when they emerged victorious in the polls on February 8 and their party was stripped of its electoral emblem, the “bat.”