SUNNI ITTEHAD COUNCIL vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN arts — 2025 PLD 67 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2025 PLD 67 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2025
Reporter: PLD
Parties: SUNNI ITTEHAD COUNCIL vs ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN arts

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Judgment text as reported

SUNNI ITTEHAD COUNCIL VS ELECTION COMMISSION OF PAKISTAN arts. 17(2), 19, 51(6)(d) & 51(6)(e)---Seats reserved for women and non-Muslims in the National assembly and the Provincial assemblies---Case before the Supreme Court regarding dispute over allocation of reserved seats---Candidate for the seat reserved for women in the National assembly---Not a necessary party to the case---a contesting candidate or a returned candidate to the seats reserved for women or non-Muslims is not a necessary party to a dispute where the matter to be decided is which political party and in what proportion is entitled to the reserved seats---Persons nominated by a political party for reserved seats or elected to such seats do not have a personal right to such seats---It is the right of the electorate guaranteed under articles 17(2) and 19 of the Constitution, exercisable through political parties, to have proportional representation in the reserved seats, not of the person nominated for or elected to such seats.

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