The Supreme Court will announce its reserved verdict on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s appeal in Punjab election tribunals case tomorrow.
A five-member larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, had reserved the verdict on the Punjab election tribunals’ case earlier this week.
Alongside CJP Isa, the bench includes Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi.
The top court had also ordered the top electoral authority to make the tribunals functional for hearing the February 8 nationwide polls-related petitions. The matter involves the authority to constitute election tribunals which have been a point of contention between the LHC and the ECP for months.
The issue arose first when the ECP, on February 14, sought a panel of serving judges from the LHC for election tribunals.
The then LHC chief justice nominated two judges on February 20 which was followed by the nomination of another six judges by the CJ on April 14.
Out of these six nominated judges, two were notified by the ECP on April 26.
