SC Restores Membership of 77 Lawmakers After Reserved Seats Verdict

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has announced a decision about reserved seats in National assembly and provincial assemblies. According to this verdict, membership of 77 lawmakers has been restored.

A constitutional bench supervised by Justice Aminuddin Khan rejected the plea from the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) which is a group backed by PTI.  Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC)  had demanded reserved seats in assemblies based on their general seats.

Who Got Their Seats Back?

• National Assembly:
  
  • 8 women from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    
  • 11 women from Punjab
    
  • 3 non-Muslim members
    
• Punjab Assembly:
  
  • 24 women
    
  • 3 non-Muslim members
    
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly:
  
  • 21 women
    
  • 4 non-Muslim members
    
• Sindh Assembly:
  
  • 2 women
    
  • 1 non-Muslim member
    

For the record: PTI contested the Feb 2024 Election and we got votes only because we were contesting under Imran Khan’s banner. To deny the existence of PTI is to deny the people their voice. https://t.co/QoxnOF1nvu

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Which Parties Benefited Most?

The PML-N came out as the biggest winner by regaining 44 reserved seats across the National Assembly and provincial assemblies. Here is how the breakdown looks:

• National Assembly:
  
  • PML-N got 14 seats
    
  • PPP got 5
    
  • JUI-F got 3
    
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
  
  • JUI-F received 10 seats
    
  • PML-N got 7
    
  • PPP, ANP and PTI Parliamentarians got 1 seat each
    
• Punjab Assembly:
  
  • PML-N got 23 seats
    
  • PPP got 2
    
  • PML-Q and IPP got 1 seat each
    
• Sindh Assembly:
  
  • PPP regained 2 seats
    
  • MQM got 1 seat
    

In total across the country:

• PPP got back 15 seats
  
• JUI-F secured 13
  
• PML-N took 44
  
• MQM, IPP, ANP, PML-Q and PTI Parliamentarians each regained 1 seat.

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