The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan’s Constitutional Bench on Friday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council’s plea, seeking reserved seats in the national and all provincial assemblies on the basis of its general seats.
The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench released a short verdict following a series of at least 17 hearings and set aside its earlier judgment and restored the Peshawar High Court that ruled that the reserved seats would be distributed among other parties.
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When a panel of 11 judges, presided over by Justice Aminuddin Khan, recommenced the hearing on Friday, Justice Salahuddin Panhwar recused himself from the bench. Justice Panhwar stated he wished to review his brief verdict before stepping down from the case.
Initially, a 13-member Constitutional Bench (CB), led by Justice Aminuddin Khan, began hearing the review petitions on May 6. However, Justices Ayesha A Malik and Justice Aqeel Abbasi deemed the applications inadmissible and opted out of further proceedings, with the chief judge of the CB observing that their withdrawal was of their own accord.
