The PTI was given fresh life in the legislature in July when the top court ruled that it was a parliamentary party and that it could be granted reserved seats in the national and provincial assemblies for women and non-Muslims.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was censured by the Supreme Court on Saturday for failing to execute its July 12 ruling, thereby complicating the Shehbaz Sharif-led administration’s attempts to garner the necessary votes to approve a contentious Constitutional Package pertaining to the judiciary. This was another major setback for the PML-N-led coalition government.
Of the 80 MNAs, the SC explained that 41 of them were returned candidates. That meant they would stay PTI members forever.
