The Supreme Court (SC) has begun hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea asking the top court to revisit its April 4 order of holding elections to the Punjab Assembly on May 14.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justices Ijazul Ahsan and Munib Akhtar is conducting the proceedings.
During the previous hearing, the top judge had appreciated the ECP and the federal government for taking the current legal proceedings on the holding of May 14 polls seriously, unlike in the past when they objected to what constitutes the majority decision and demanded the formation of full court on the matter.
On the other hand, the PTI had pleaded before the court that the review petition seeking to revisit the judgment of April 4 was liable to be dismissed.
