PPPP also files written arguments in reserved seats case

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has requested Supreme Court (SC) to set aside the judgment of July 12, 2024 by declaring that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was not entitled to reserved seats for non-compliance with constitutional requirements.

The PPPP filed written arguments in the Supreme Court in its review petition against 12 July, 2024 judgment and with reasons dated August 13, 2024.

The PPPP filed the written arguments through its counsel Farooq H Naek, praying to review the impugned judgment and then set aside it by declaring that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was not entitled to reserved seats for non-compliance with constitutional requirements/statutory requirements.

It further prayed to the court to restore the ECP’s order dated January, 3, 2024 allocating seats to compliant political parties.

It is pertinent to mention here that an 11-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan is hearing live broadcast of the review petitions of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) and Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) against July 12, 2024 judgment on reserved seats for women and minorities in National and Provincial Assemblies. Other members of the bench included Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Musarat Hilali, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakarh, Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Ali Baqar Najafi. The bench the other day had adjourned the hearing until June 16 while counsel for Sunni Itehad Council (SIC) is currently arguing before the court in rebuttal.

Earlier, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as well as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) had also filed their written arguments in their review petitions in reserved seats case, praying to set aside the July 12, 2024 as well as detailed verdict in the reserved seats case.

In its written arguments, Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) has submitted that the power of review is not a something novel or alien to constitution and law. It submitted that Article 188 of the Constitution and the words couched thereof clearly shows that this is a meaningful dictate rather an unmeaningful casual para.

The PPPP further submitted that this vourt has unlimited jurisdiction to reopen, revisit or review, and for such purpose examine any judgment earlier pronounced by it to set the law correct, to cure injustice, save it from becoming an abuse of the process of law and a judicial system.