Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday hearing the Election Commission of Pakistan’s plea to revisit the April 4 order urged the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to resume talks to end the stalemate.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar heard the case.
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Today’s hearing
At the outset of the hearing, CJP Bandial on ECP’s plea remarked that the electoral watchdog in its petition raised fair points in its review petition.
“We will issue notices to other party political parties including the Punjab and KP provincial government,” added top judge.
The points raised by ECP were not raised earlier. We want to hear ECP on the admissibility of the plea, the CJP remarked.
To which PTI’s lawyer Ali Zafar argued that the scope of a review petition was confined and prohibited the introduction of new points. He emphasized that the review petition should be limited in its focus.
