ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) review plea about intra-party polls, local media reported on Monday.
A three-member bench, led by Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, heard the plea for review against the decision on PTI’s intra-party polls. The bench included Justices Musarrat Hilali and Muhammad Ali Mazhar.
PTI’s lawyer, Hamid Khan, pleaded the formation of a larger bench for the review, recommending that the case to be sent to a committee for this purpose.
During the hearing of the case, Barrister Ali Zafar also noted that a constitutional amendment had happened, under which this case should not be head in the court anymore. The CJP remarked that he had not seen the amendment and was unaware of its details.
The SC said that it had given both political parties’ lawyers another opportunity, but no arguments were given. It also concluded that no errors were proven in their January 13 verdict, thus dismissing the review request.
