The Supreme Court clarified in its brief ruling on July 12 that, for all constitutional and legal reasons, the 41 returned candidates—out of the 80 MNAs—were and still are the PTI’s returned candidates and, as such, members of its Parliamentary Party in the National Assembly.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), PPP, and PML-N all appealed the ruling. The appeals have not yet been scheduled for hearing and are still pending.
The top court chastised the ECP for failing to implement the July 12 ruling in the reserved seats case in its initial clarification, which was released on September 14—the day the government was meant to present the constitutional package before both chambers of parliament but was unable to do so.
