Supreme Court reserves opinion on mode of Senate polls - Newspaper
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its opinion on a question instituted by President Dr Arif Alvi by invoking the court’s advisory jurisdiction whether coming Senate elections could be held through open ballot. Before the five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed retired for the day, Advocate Sajeel Shaharyar Swati on behalf of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) asked the court if would be desirable if the opinion came by Feb 28 since the commission had to make arrangements, like distribution of ballot papers among the provinces, for the holding...