Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has given time to the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and all the ECP members to resign till July 20.
In case of non-resignation, a reference will be filed against the Chief Election Commissioner on July 21. PTI said the Chief Election Commissioner and members should resign by July 20.
“References will be filed against the Chief Election Commissioner from the Center and the four provinces,” PTI said.
As per PTI, the KP government itself will be a party to the reference. “PTI provincial president will file a reference from Balochistan,” PTI said.
Read more: Supreme Court declares Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf eligible for reserved seats
The Supreme Court has set aside the Peshawar High Court and election commission verdicts and declared the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) eligible for reserved seats in the case of the Sunni Ittehad Council.
The 8-5 majority verdict was announced by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, who is heading a 13-member full court of the Supreme Court. The proceedings are being broadcast live. All the judges have recognized the PTI as a legal and competent party.
The Supreme Court declared that the deprivation of an election symbol does not terminate the right of a party to participate in elections. The PTI was and is a political party. The election commission submitted the data of 80 candidates to the Supreme Court.
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