{"id":75709,"date":"2024-03-26T18:32:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pleas-seeking-mpas-elect-oath-fixed-for-hearing\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T18:32:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T18:32:57","slug":"pleas-seeking-mpas-elect-oath-fixed-for-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pleas-seeking-mpas-elect-oath-fixed-for-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Pleas seeking MPAs-elect oath fixed for hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) fixed for hearing the petitions filed by opposition parties, seeking the court\u2019s directives for oath-taking of newly notified members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly before the upcoming Senate elections, ARY News reported.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The PHC bench comprising Justice SM Ateeq Shah and Justice Shakeel Ahmed would hear the pleas filed by the newly notified MPAs belonging to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan People\u2019s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The PPP and PML-N jointly approached the PHC while the JUI-F filed a separate petition.<\/span><\/p>\n

The petitioners pleaded the PHC to declare that the refusal to administer the oath to them is \u201cillegal, unlawful, and unconstitutional.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It was argued in the petition that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor summoned the provincial assembly session on March 22 while using constitutional powers under Article 109 for oath-taking of MPAs who were declared successful on reserved seats by the Election Commission of Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The petitioners added that the speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and his deputy \u2018disregarded\u2019 their constitutional duties because of \u2018political rivalry\u201d and declined to administer the oath to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: ECP allocates reserved seats claimed by SIC to other parties<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier on March 5, the ECP notified the allocation of reserved seats for women and minorities, which were claimed by PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), to other political parties.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly \u2013 according to a notification, the ECP allocated reserved seats for women and minorities to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n