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National
February 13, 2021
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking direction for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure there is no horse-trading in the upcoming Senate elections.
Representing the petitioner, Advocate Azhar Siddique argued before the court that the scrutiny process for Senate elections in 2018 was defective and once again the ECP has failed to issue guidelines for the implementation of Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution. He said on the basis of major defects, the upcoming election for the Senate would destroy the sanctity and legality of the process. He said the political parties had been raising objections regarding rigging at the high level in the previous Senate elections. The counsel pointed out that a recently leaked video showing some parliamentarians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa receiving money to vote in the 2018 Senate polls put a big question mark on the transparency of the election process.
Plea against PDM’s protest outside ECP dismissed
Lahore
January 21, 2021
LAHORE:The Lahore High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a restraining order against Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) from holding its protest outside the building of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Justice Shahid Jamil Khan in his verdict observed that the petition was not maintainable before the LHC on the ground of territorial jurisdiction since the impugned protest was held in Islamabad.
“Urgency or convenience cannot be a ground for assumption of jurisdiction to issue writ of mandamus to a person performing functions beyond the territorial jurisdiction,” the judge said in the order released on Wednesday.