The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday objected the elections for the slot of Senate chairman and deputy chairman.
Speaking on the floor of the house, PTI leader Senator Ali Zafar demanded postponement of elections under Article 59 of the constitution, which requires 96 members to be present in the house for the election of its chairman. He said that the “process would be unconstitutional till the house is complete”.
“We will not accept this illegal election till the senators from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are duly elected and are present here,” he insisted. Lamenting that Senate polls in Punjab were held excluding the reserved seats, the PTI leader said that the election of the house’s chairman and deputy chairman were being made “controversial”.
“We wanted to participate in the election [of chairman and deputy chairman], however, we would not be part of it as it is ultra vires of the constitution,” Senator Zafar added. Blaming the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for making controversial decisions, he called for the Senate session to be adjourned till senators from KP are elected. He also referred to the letter written to the Senate secretary, informing him about the party’s reservations. On Monday, the IHC reserved its verdict on maintainability of a petition challenging the election of chairman and deputy chairman Senate.
Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the PTI’s petition along with the objections raised by the registrar office. The registrar IHC had objected that the case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senate seats was being heard by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) thus the petitioner should have filed this case to the PHC.
During the course of proceeding, the chief justice Aamer Farooq said that it would also be seen whether the court could stay the elections or not. He questioned whether this matter also under hearing in PHC?
PTI’s lawyer Shoaib Shaheen said that there is a different matter in PHC, adding that they have challenged the chairman and deputy chairman of the Senate elections before IHC. After hearing arguments, the court reserved its verdict on maintainability of the petition.
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