Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership formed a two-member squad to represent the party in the Supreme Case on the matter of election.
Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Central Senior Vice President Chaudhry Fawad Hussain will represent the party before the three-member bench of the Supreme Court tomorrow.
The top court has been taking up the matter of polls. The Supreme Court (SC) rejected the Election Commission's stance and declared inadmissible the Defence Ministry's plea for withdrawal of the April 4 verdict and the finance ministry’s report on funds unavailability.
The Supreme Court decided the matter of elections according to the constitution and no other way can overrule the Supreme Court's decision to hold elections, it added. The constitution calls for elections within 90 days after the dissolution of the assembly. Political negotiations should not conflict with the constitution, the ruling said, adding that the Election Commission wants to bring the judicial proceedings back to the starting point.
"The federal government should release Rs21 billion to the Election Commission for elections by April 27. The violation or disobedience of a court order can have serious consequences," warns the top court.
The government stresses that the votes should be put off as it has been struggling with an economic crisis. Since April last, ousted prime minister Imran Khan has been pushing for assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces as part of a campaign to force snap polls
But the Supreme Court ruled that the delay was illegal and voting should be held between April 30 and May 15.
Yesterday the defence ministry moved the top court and made the request for putting off the pols Along with the application, the defence ministry also issued a report in court, laid before the SC in compliance with its directives to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and other departments to furnish reports after releasing Rs21 billion to the ECP for holding elections to the Punjab and KP assemblies.