Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser on Friday said his party would "merge" with the Sunni Ittehad Council if the Election Commission of Pakistan accepted its recent intra-party polls and returned its electoral symbol of 'bat', Dawn reported.
Speaking to reporters outside the apex court, Gohar Ali said that they will request the Supreme Court to form a larger bench on the reserved seats matter.
The Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council's petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan's decision to deny reserved seats to the party, Geo News reported.
Zardari, the joint candidate of the ruling alliance, secured a remarkable 255 electoral votes in the parliamentary election, beating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Sunni Ittehad Council candidate, Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
The commission, in a comprehensive 10-page written verdict, highlighted that Achakzai had not raised any objections during the scrutiny of nomination papers.
According to the report, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday notified the allocation of reserved seats for women and minorities, which were claimed by PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), to other political parties.
This comes after Pakistan electoral body's decision against the allocation of reserved seats to the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)- wherein elected PTI lawmakers have taken refuge after being disallowed to contest the general elections on the party's electoral symbol.
Following the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) ruling against the allocation of reserved seats to the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), the PTI has announced its intention to approach the Supreme Court against the 4-1 decision made by the electoral body.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone the forthcoming presidential and Senate elections, reported The Nation.
In a major setback for the already embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) ruled that the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), which is backed by Imran Khan-founded party, is "not eligible" for the reserved seats allotted to women and minorities.