IHC suspends ECP's notification about de-seating of PTI MNAs.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday suspended the notification of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the de-notifying of three PTI's MNAs and subsequent by-elections scheduled in the federal capital, while serving notices to the respondents.

Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case filed by the PTI aides Asad Umar, Shahzad Nawaz and Ali Nawaz Awan against their respective de-seating from the National Assembly by the ECP.

The chief justice observed that previously the PTI lawmakers were objecting that the matter related to their resignations' acceptance had been lingered on, but now they were claiming that these were wrongly accepted.

The counsel for PTI members Barrister Ali Zafar said that the ECP and speaker NA had issued notification regarding the acceptance of resignations. To this, the court...