ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will announce verdict today (Friday) on a case related to the depriving of reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), according to a cause list issued on Thursday.
The development came after the apex court’s full bench held its second round of consultation on the reserved seats case verdict for the second consecutive day on Thursday.
A special session of the country’s top court’s 13-member full bench was held under the chair of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, the sources said, adding all the judges of the bench attended the session.
The cause list issued on the SC website following the meeting said a full bench led by CJP Isa will announce the short ruling at 12pm on Friday (July 12) on the SIC plea challenging the Peshawar High Court (PHC) decision upholding the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) move to deny the PTI-backed lawmakers reserved seats in the assemblies.
The apex court reserved the verdict on the SIC’s appeals on Tuesday after conducting nine hearings on the SIC’s appeals with all parties including the federal government and the ECP presented their arguments against the SIC’s plea.
The full bench also comprises Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan.
