New SC bench to resume hearing election delay case today.

A four: member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial will resume the hearing of Pakistan Tehreek: e: Insaf's (PTI) plea against the delay in elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab today.

The hearing is expected to start at 11:30am.

The top court has been holding daily hearings of the PTI's appeal against the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to postpone polls in the two provinces since Monday.

Initially, a five: member larger bench of the top court was hearing the case.

The original bench comprised CJP Bandial, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Amin: Ud: Din Khan, and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail.

However, on Thursday the bench was dissolved after Justice Khan recused himself from the case after a Supreme Court order halted proceedings under Article 184(3).

An SC bench headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday ordered the postponement of cases being heard...