PTI withdrew its notification forming a parliamentary board for Islamabad local elections after admitting it violated the party constitution. The decision followed objections from the regional president. PTI candidates have filed nominations and will contest the polls under the Sunni Ittehad
Despite clear directives from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, around 25 members of the PTI and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) have not yet stepped down from their positions on standing committees in Pakistan's National Assembly (NA), Geo News reported.
Pakistan's National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will chair an in-camera meeting between the negotiating teams of federal government and PTI on January 2.
Tarar's clarification came after the "icebreaker" meeting between the NA speaker Sardar Sadiq and top PTI leaders including Asad Qaiser, Omar Ayub and Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza at the Speaker House in Islamabad on Wednesday, as per Geo News.
Sahibzada Hamid Raza, head of the Sunni Ittehad Council, has resigned from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Core and Political Committees, citing backlash over the party's failed D-Chowk protest. The SIC chief also plans to resign from the National Assembly, adding to PTI's internal discord follow
Earlier on Friday, the electoral watchdog, approached the top court to seek its guidance on whether to follow the amended Election Act 2017 or its judgment on the matter of allocating reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
The PTI submitted the list to the electoral watchdog a day after the ECP partially implemented the Supreme Court's verdict on reserved seats for the party, notifying 39 of the 80 returned MNAs as PTI lawmakers after an inordinate delay.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah announced the verdict which nullified the Peshawar High Court's order that upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision denying the reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). The verdict won 8-5 majority
A full-court bench of the Supreme Court heard the Sunni Ittehad Council's (SIC) appeal against the denial of reserved seats for women and minorities. Justice Minallah directed the ECP to satisfy the court that it provided a level playing field to all political parties, including PTI, before,
Opposition lawmakers from the PTI (Sunni Ittehad Council) and ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers have been at loggerheads after 11 opposition members were suspended for 15 sittings due to "rowdyism" during Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz's address on Friday.