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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its verdict in a case regarding the suspension of the schedule for a Senate by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The ECP had postponed the by-election for the Senate seat that fell vacant following the disqualification of PTI’s Murad Saeed, on an application moved by a PML-N lawmaker, just two days before the by-election was scheduled to take place.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the case on Tuesday, while counsels for both sides appeared before the commission.
Article 224 (5) of the Constitution reads “When a seat in the Senate has become vacant, an election to fill the seat shall be held within thirty days from the occurrence of the vacancy”.
