After an 8-5 majority verdict on reserved seats case resurrected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in parliament, two judges of the apex court issued a dissenting note stating that the former ruling party could not be provided relief in the matter as it was neither appeared as a party before the court nor the ECP.

The two SC judges — Amin-Ud-Din Khan and Naeem Akhtar Afghan — issued 29-page dissenting note in the majority judgment announced by the apex court’s full bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on July 12 this year.

The majority 8:5 landmark verdict declared the PTI eligible for reserved seats for women and minorities in the assemblies after overturning the decisions of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

The detailed dissenting note pointed out that the SIC did not contest the February 8 nationwide polls as a political party, whereas, its chairman had also taken part as an independent candidate in the electoral event.

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