Imran’s party is getting reserved seats in Pakistan Parliament

The Supreme Court of Pakistan gave the verdict on Friday (12 July).

The Chief Justice of Pakistan said, “PTI will get reserved seats as a political party.” The 13-judge bench ruled that 8 judges were in favor of PTI and 5 judges were against it.

Pakistan’s Law Minister Azam Nazir told reporters at the Star that even if the PTI was given 23 reserved seats, its majority in parliament would not change.

Earlier, the country’s Election Commission had ruled that since Imran’s party candidates had elected as independents, they would not get reserved seats. In view of this, the Supreme Court of the country gave this verdict.

The National Assembly of Pakistan has a total of 336 seats. Out of this 70 seats are reserved. 60 Mahil and 10 seats are reserved for non-Muslims. These seats are distributed in proportion to the victory of the political parties in the national elections.

Candidates of Imran’s party PTI participated in the national elections on February 8. That is why the Election Commission of the country said that PTI will not get any reserved seats. Most of these seats were ordered to be distributed among the ruling coalition parties by the Election Commission.

Analysts believe that the court verdict will strengthen Imran’s supporters politically. The PTI, however, has alleged fraud in the election — against the country’s Election Commission and the army-backed caretaker government.

The country’s Election Commission and the military denied the allegations of fraud, raising questions about the transparency of the election in the Western world. European countries, including the US House of Representatives, have called on Islamabad to investigate allegations of fraud, but the Pakistani government has refused.

Imran Khan was removed from power in 2022 due to conflict with the military. But the country’s military has always denied meddling in politics

Source:Time News