ECP objects to retired SC judge's remarks about 2023 ruling on polls in Punjab and KP, reserved seats case
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Says it is “unfortunate” that a retired judge is taking a position against the Constitution and the law.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday objected to remarks made by former senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Mansoor Ali Shah, regarding polls in KP and Punjab and the reserved seats case pertaining to the PTI.
Shah made the remarks at an event organised by the US-based Community Alliance for Peace and Justice on October 29, where he was asked about his dissenting opinion in the 2023 SC ruling on provincial elections in Punjab and KP and whether it was a “turning point” and the beginning of a “division” within the SC.
In its 3-2 verdict, the SC, after taking a suo motu notice, directed that elections should be held within 90 days in both provinces. Two judges, including Shah, had dissented from the ruling, saying that the suo motu proceedings initiated by then-chief justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, were “wholly unjustified”, besides being initiated with “undue haste”.