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Islamabad: Before the next Senate surveys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) has informed the Governor of the Province and the Principal Minister of the Province that the notified members of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) in the reserved seats cannot participate in the session of the Assembly or votes in the Senate Surveys, if not administered the OAT They administer the OATH, the OATH, the OATH,) are not administered in the seats). The news reported on Tuesday.
The ECP secretary, Omar Hamid Khan, wrote letters to Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and Prime Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and urged to immediately call an assembly session to take oath of the returned candidates to guarantee the completion of the electoral school.
He said that the electoral body is under a constitutional obligation to carry out the Senate elections in KP for which the date for July 21 was established. But he pointed out that the issue of administering the oath to the returned candidates was still pending and delayed.
Citing the verdict of the Constitutional Bank SC, he declared that on July 2, 2025, a notification of successful candidates was issued in seats reserved for women and non -Muslims, but these members have not yet been jury, so they cannot participate in the session or vote of the Assembly.
The ECP secretary said that the speaker of the KP Assembly on July 4 was requested to an oath to the members chosen in reserved seats. The speaker reported that the assembly session is not currently in progress; You can’t call a session.
The ECP secretary argued that, according to article 109 of the Constitution, the governor has the power to convene a session of the Provincial Assembly to his discretion. “In the light of the previous constitutional and legal imperatives, the Hon’ble ECP addressed me to request that his excellence, the governor of KP, will exercise the powers conferred under article 109 of the Constitution and that he would convene the session of the session of the provincial of the provincial in the MINTERY.
In the letter to the principal minister, he said that, in view of the constitutional and legal imperatives, the Commission has also requested the governor of KP to invoke his powers conferred on him under article 109 of the Constitution to convene the Provincial Assembly for the administration of the oath to the members, elected of the members reserved for women and not the Muslims to complete the electoral college for the election of the voting.
The secretary also referred to the Superior Court of Peshawar, Peshawar, already approved the sentence of 03-27-2024 in the WP No 1617-P/2024 entitled Shazia Tamash Khan, etc. versus the Pakistan Federation, etc. (que aún está en el campo) por lo que las instrucciones se han emitido al Ministro Principal KP y la gabinete provincial para tomar todas las medidas materiales en términos del artículo 105 de la Campo de la Condición de la Continución para la Suminución de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución y la Gabinete Provincial para tomar todas las medidas materiales en términos de los Términos del Artículo 105 de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución de la Constitución. Administer the oath to the candidates returned in the seats reserved for women and non -Muslims.
In view of the above, he wrote “the Commission considers that it is appropriate to request the main minister to issue advice to the governor for the call of the KP Assembly in terms of article 105 read with article 130 of the Constitution, immediately to guarantee the administration of the oath by the speaker to the members chosen in the seats reserved to carry out the conduct of the Senate elections in the province.”
