IHC defers hearing of PTI plea due to non: availability of bench.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday deferred the hearing of Pakistan Tehrik: e: Insaf (PTI) petition challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)'s fact finding report in prohibited funding case against the party due to non: availability of the bench. A three: member bench of IHC headed by Chief Justice of IHC Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Babar Sattar was to conduct hearing of the petition filed by the PTI additional secretary general Omar Ayyub through his counsels former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan, Shah Khawar Advocate and Faisal Fareed Advocate and prayed to the court to declare the ECP's decision dated August 2 as illegal but no proceedings could be held due to non: availability of the bench. Previously, the bench had sought written arguments from the PTI while it also directed the PTI lawyer to provide a copy of these arguments to Akbar S Babar who is a disgruntled PTI...