The Supreme Court resumed on Saturday the hearing of Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) verdict restoring the PTI’s electoral symbol of ‘bat’.
A three-member bench, comprising the CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali, is hearing the case. The hearing is being broadcast live on the apex court’s website.
While hearing the electoral body’s petition challenging the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision to restore PTI’s electoral symbol, Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on Friday remarked that they wanted the next polls to be held in the country.
The PHC annulled the ECP’s ruling that revoked the PTI’s cherished electoral symbol citing irregularities in the party’s internal polls.
The CJP pointed out yesterday that the high court in its decision had ordered the provision of the electoral symbol and certificate to the PTI but not issued the declaration of its intra-party elections.
