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Reserved seats issue: PHC issues contempt notices to KP speaker, deputy speaker

By News Desk

April 3, 2024 11:58 AM


---KP Speaker Babar Saleem Swati and Deputy Speaker Suriya Bibi

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Over the issue of not taking oath on reserved seats in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, the Peshawar High Court (PHC) issued a notice of contempt of court to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

According to the 24News HD TV channel, the PHC heard the case of contempt of court against Speaker Babar Saleem Swati and Deputy Speaker Ms Suriya Bibi of the KP Assembly on Wednesday.

The Peshawar High Court issued the notice and sought the response of the KP Assembly speaker and deputy speaker at the next hearing.

A petition has been filed in the Peshawar High Court that the elected members of the Reserved Seats for Women and Minorities were not sworn in despite the court orders.

In the petition, it is appealed to the court that the speaker and the deputy speaker should be disqualified for disobeying the court orders under the law of contempt of court.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed the Senate elections on 11 seats of the KP due to an incomplete electoral college as the oath of elected lawmakers on reserved seats for women and minorities was not administrated in the KP assembly.

Reporter: Amir Shahzad


News Desk


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