Following in the footsteps of its coalition partner PML - N the PPP has filed a review petition challenging the supreme courts , s verdict on the reserved seats case it emerged on tuesday.
in a landmark ruling on july 12 the top court had declared imran khan,s PTI eliguble for seats reserved for major setback to prime minister shehbaz Sharif , s ruling alliance the verdict means that the PTI is poised to become the single largest party in the national assembly.
the court had given its verdict after hearing a set of appeals moved by the sunni ittehad council (SIC ) against the denial of the reserved seats to it by the peshawar high court (PHC) and the Election commission of pakistan ECP.
PTI - backed candidates who had contested and won the february 8 election as independents after their party was stripped of its election regulator,s ruling null and void citing it as unconstitutional .
The PPP, s petition a copy of which became available to down .com today contended that the court short order following the verdict failed to address the key controversy : .
whether the Sic should be allocated the reserved seats or if independent candidates could join a party that did not win any general seats in parliamnet
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