SC rejects ECP's plea to suspend Election Tribunals' verdict
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00:00And we will inform you that in the Supreme Court, the decision to suspend the formation of election tribunals has been rejected by the Election Commission.
00:07Farrukh Aijaz knows more details. Farrukh, please inform us.
00:10Yes, the election commission's appeal against the election tribunal has been suspended.
00:15Chief Justice Qazi Faizi and Justice Naeem Afghan have been suspended by two constituent benches.
00:19The decision of the Lahore High Court, on behalf of the election commission's lawyer, has been called for suspension.
00:24And it has also been called for a trial, which has been rejected by the court.
00:29However, the Supreme Court has now sent a committee to the Lahore High Court for an appeal against the decision of the Lahore High Court under the Practice and Procedure Act.
00:39And the committee will now form a larger bench on these appeals.
00:43The Supreme Court has also suspended the decision of the Lahore High Court on the election commission's decision.
00:48In addition, the Attorney General of Pakistan has also been notified on behalf of the Supreme Court.
00:53The Supreme Court has also requested the Election Commission for details on the formation of tribunals in other jurisdictions.
00:59The court wants to see why the issue of the formation of tribunals did not occur in other jurisdictions.
01:05In addition, the appeals of the Election Commission against the election tribunals have also been suspended.
01:12Salman Akram Raja has also been given evidence.
01:14He had to say that the judges named by the Lahore High Court for the tribunal, if the election commission had objections to them, then the election commission should inform them.
01:23Along with this, he said that the election commission has not yet marked any cases to the tribunals.
01:29Salman Akram Raja also called for the court not to pass an interim order and to approve the status quo.
01:35And along with this, it was called for the formation of a larger bench, on which the court has now sent this matter to the committee under the Practice and Procedure Act, on which a larger bench will now be formed.
01:45Thank you Farooq Aijaz.