Overview
- The court released a detailed ruling upholding its June 27 review outcome that set aside the July 12, 2024 order awarding PTI reserved seats.
- Authored by Justices Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Muhammad Ali Mazhar under Justice Aminuddin Khan, the decision includes dissents by Justices Ayesha A. Malik and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, with Justice Salahuddin Panhwar recusing.
- The bench held that PTI was not a party before the Election Commission, Peshawar High Court, or Supreme Court, so the earlier relief could not be sustained.
- Article 187 could not be invoked to grant reserved seats, with the court stressing it may interpret but not rewrite the Constitution or bypass election petition procedures protecting notified members.
- The court unanimously dismissed SIC’s appeals and found it had no entitlement to reserved seats, reaffirmed the three-day limit for independents to join parties, and criticized the earlier special bench’s exclusion of minority judges as unconstitutional.