Election Commission of Pakistan Faces New Petition

Islamabad: Amina Hassan Sheikh, and Mohsin Ayub Khan, Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs), through their counsel, Umer Sajjad Chaven, filed a petition before the Election Commission of Pakistan. In the petition, they argued that according to the Election Second Amendment Act 2024, candidates who failed to submit a declaration of party affiliation at the time of filing their nomination forms should be considered independent candidates. Additionally, they contended that political parties that failed to submit their list of priorities for reserved seats should not be allocated a quota of reserved seats. Finally, the petition proposed that candidates who have submitted a declaration of party affiliation should not be permitted to change their party affiliation at any later stage.