Amid ruckus by PTI-backed SIC
\nLahore High Court objects to SIC\u2019s plea against ECP not giving them reserved seats in province
\nLahore
\nAt least 21 women and three members of minority communities Friday took their oath as Members of the Punjab Assembly (MPAs) on reserved seats, as the provincial assembly\u2019s session was marred by the ruckus created by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed Sunni Ittehad Council lawmakers.
\nThe oath to the newly inducted lawmakers on the reserved seats was administered by the Speaker Punjab Assembly Malik Ahmad Khan.
\nThe oath-taking ceremony was carried out amid noise and chaos in the provincial legislature by the Opposition members who chanted slogans all along as the lawmakers swore in.
\n\u201cThese seats were our right, which was taken away from us and given to other parties,\u201d the Opposition members said while standing before the speaker\u2019s dice and chanting slogans.
\nSince the conduct of the February 8 general elections, the PTI-backed SIC members have been demanding their right to the reserved seats in the National and Punjab assemblies, alleging that their mandate was stolen following the polls in the province and other parts of the country.
\nA day earlier, the SIC Chairman Hamid Raza moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) to claim the party\u2019s right to reserved seats in the NA, stating that the electoral authority is neither a tribunal nor a court.
\nThe plea further requested that the SIC must get the reserved seats as per the proportion of seats in the Punjab Assembly.
\nHowever, the registrar\u2019s office of the LHC raised objections to their petition pertaining to the court\u2019s jurisdiction in hearing the case.
\n\u201cObjections related to jurisdiction will be dealt with on the judicial side,\u201d said LHC judge Abid Aziz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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