ECP \u201cbound to implement judgment\u201d passed by Supreme Court without seeking any further clarification
\n ISLAMABAD
\nThe majority of the Supreme Court judges on Friday clarified the reserved seats ruling once again.
\nThe eight judges of the Supreme Court clarified this upon the request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
\nAccording to the majority judges, the amendments to the Election Act cannot invalidate the decision of July 12 in which the apex court granted the reserved seats to PTI. The decision cannot be rendered ineffective based on the retroactive application of the amendments to the Election Act. Therefore, after the short order, the amendments made to the Election Act will have no effect, it added.
\nThe majority judges stated that the short order granted relief to enforce the right of electors through political parties.
\n\u201cSince both the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the PTI have sought a second clarification, we only wish to clarify and reiterate the well-established interpretation of the law,\u201d said the clarification. According to the majority judges, the amendments made to the Election Act do not allow the retroactive application of our decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ECP \u201cbound to implement judgment\u201d passed by Supreme Court without seeking any further clarification ISLAMABAD The majority of the Supreme Court judges on Friday clarified the reserved seats ruling once again. The eight judges of the Supreme Court clarified this upon the request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the majority judges, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-438041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n