Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) says it is moving the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) over delay in the commencement of Friday’s crucial session of the Punjab Assembly.
A ruling by the SCP had appointed 4:00 pm for the session to hold a runoff election between Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, backed by the political coalition of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and Hamza Shehbaz, who is the incumbent Chief Minister for PML-N and its PDM coalition.
The session, however, is yet to begin more than two hours after the appointed time.
Fawad Chaudhry, a top aide to former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has said this inordinate delay in the commencement of the session is a clear violation of the SCP order. PTI is therefore bringing a contempt of court suit in the SCP against Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari.
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