The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday dismissed petitions of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) over reserved seats in assemblies. A five-member bench of the high court given unanimous decision on the petition as Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim read the reserved verdict. Earlier, the high court reserved its decision after the lawyers’ concluded arguments in the case. Barrister Ali Zafar during the hearing came to rostrum and apologized over being absent in the hearing yesterday. He said that the PTI’s election symbol ‘bat’ was taken before the election and the candidates have to contest the election as independent. On a question about the number of the seats in the National Assembly and provincial assemblies. SIC lawyer said that the party have 86 seats in the NA, 90 seats in KP, 107 seats in Punjab, nine seats in Sindh and one member in Balochistan Assembly. “Overall, SIC have 226 seats in assemblies and it is entitled for 78 reserved seats,” he added.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)