Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has challenged the Election Amendment Act in the Supreme Court.
Barrister Gohar Ali Khan filed an Article 184/3 petition in the Supreme Court through the mediation of Salman Akram Raja.
The Federation and the Election Commission have been made parties in the petition.
He took the stand in the petition that Tehreek-e-Insaf has submitted the lists of specific seats to the Election Commission.
Tehreek-e-Insaaf is entitled to reserved seats after the Supreme Court’s decision on July 12.
Barrister Gauhar appealed to the Supreme Court to declare the Amendment Act null and void and declared the Election Amendment Act unconstitutional and illegal.
And the Election Commission should be immediately stopped from allotting certain seats to other political parties.
He argued that an order should be given to allot seats reserved for women and non-Muslims to Tehreek-e-Insaf.
It should be remembered that the Election Act Amendment Bill was passed by a majority during the noise and commotion of the opposition in the National Assembly yesterday.
The bill to amend the Election Act 2017 by the government members was approved by the National Assembly, the bill was jointly presented by Muslim League (N)’s Bilal Azhar Kayani and Zeib Jafar.
On August 6, the National Assembly and the Senate, both houses of the Parliament, passed the Election Act Amendment Bill by a majority vote amid noise and uproar from the opposition.
It should be remembered that on May 27, 2 ordinances were issued with the approval of Acting President and Chairman Senate Yousuf Raza Gilani.
A candidate who does not submit a party certificate will be considered independent.
According to the amendment bill, the candidate who does not submit the party certificate before obtaining the election symbol will be considered independent.
If the list of reserved seats is not submitted within the prescribed period, no political party shall be entitled to reserved seats.
The amendment bill said that any candidate’s declaration of affiliation to a political party once in the prescribed period shall be irrevocable.
