Islamabad:
The Parliamentary Committee of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) has categorically rejected the verdict of the Constitutional Bank of the Supreme Court, which annulled its judgment of July 12, 2024. That ruling had restored PTI as a parliamentary part and allowed it to ensure seats reserved in the legislature.
Last week, the Supreme Court revoked its ruling on July 12 in reserved seats, accepting review requests and defending the decision of the Superior Court of Peshawar. As a result, the PTI lost its reserved seats.
In response to the court ruling, PTI held on Wednesday a crucial meeting of its parliamentary committee in Islamabad to discuss the implications of the recent verdict.
The meeting, attended by members of PTI of the national and provincial assemblies, senators and central leadership, focused on analyzing the political landscape after the verdict and formulating a parliamentary strategy. He also saw heated exchanges among some leaders, which suggests internal tensions of the party.
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Amir Dogar, a member of the National Assembly, initiated the discussion presenting a written message of imprisoned PTI leaders, expressing concern about their abuse and lack of medical facilities in jail.
Sheikh Waqas Akram revealed that seven party workers had lost their lives due to a disease while they were in jail, and the basic rights of prisoners were being denied. Nisar Jutt criticized KP’s prime minister, Ali Amin Gandapur, for the provincial budget, emphasizing that party leaders should avoid making contradictory statements without mutual consultations.
Jutt also reaffirmed the support of PTI president, lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, stating that he was appointed by the founder and, therefore, has the full mandate of the party.
Ali Muhammad Khan supported the negotiations between parties during the meeting, mentioning that if the leadership chooses to negotiate, the party would support it. However, if the protests were chosen, the party would also participate.
Sartaj Gul proposed that protests should be maintained at the level of constituency instead of in Islamabad and suggested forming a trained committee for negotiations.
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A unanimous resolution was approved during the meeting, asking for each possible effort to ensure the release of the founding president, ensuring the health and well -being of other imprisoned leaders and rejecting the court verdict in the reserved seats. The resolution also demanded that PTI’s leaders and lawyers meet Imran Khan immediately.
After the meeting, the lawyer Gohar, Salman Akram Raja, Gandapur and Akram held a press conference to clarify the position of the party. Gandapur said the party is ready to sacrifice everything for the launch of the founder Imran Khan.
He added that if someone tries to overthrow their government by unconstitutional means, they would leave the policy. Raja declared that Pakistan’s resources have been looted for eight decades and emphasized the need to fight for people’s basic rights.
Barrimer Gohar reiterated that the party follows the founder’s instructions, and any decision regarding negotiations, protests or other political actions will be taken with their approval.
Akram said there is a complete unit within the party and that the political and legal struggle will continue under the founder’s leadership. He also reaffirmed the unanimous rejection of the Court’s decision on the reserved seats.
SC cancels the PTI claim for reserved seats
The Supreme Court revoked a 2024 judgment that had allowed PTI to claim seats reserved in national and provincial legislatures.
The order issued by a constitutional bank of 10 members allowed multiple review requests presented by the ruling coalition and dismissed its previous decision that PTI had recognized, through its alliance with the Sunita Ittehad (sic) Council, as eligible for reserved seats.
With most of the seven judges, the Superior Court ruled in favor of the review, effectively annuling the verdict of July 12, July 2024. That trial had previously restored the state of PTI as a parliamentary part and ordered the ECP to assign seats reserved for women and minorities.
After the new decision, almost 80 seats reserved in national and provincial assemblies will be reassigned among other parliamentary parts, excluding the SIC. The measure gives the ruling coalition a two -thirds majority in Parliament.
It is worth noting that the Superior Court of Peshawar had previously dismissed the challenge of the SIC to the Electoral Commission of Pakistan’s decision, which had refused to assign seats reserved to the party.
Previously, in its brief order of July 12, 2024, eight of 13 judges concluded that 39 of 80 MNA on the list were elected PTI candidates, positioning it as the largest party in the National Assembly.
