KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued notice to Election Commission (EC) on the petition filed by PTI Members of National Assembly (MNAs) from Karachi  against acceptance of their resignation.

These PTI MNAs have requested the court hearing of their petition at the earliest. These MNAs had resigned from their seats. A two members bench of SHC presided over by Chief Justice (CJ) Ahmad Ali Sheikh took up for hearing plea filed by PTI MNAs  against the acceptance of their resignations.

The CJ SHC inquired you have what emergency. Why have you come.  The  counsel for PTI took the plea the by election is going to be held on March 16 therefore, their petition  be heard immediately. You have fixed the date of March 21 and till that date the election will have taken place. If ballot papers are printed then million of rupees of public will be wasted.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 03 2023

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