Peshawar High Court suspends schedule of NA by-polls in KP.

PESHAWAR -- The Peshawar High Court Friday suspended the schedule of by-elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on National Assembly seats.

The development came when the court issued its reserved judgement in the case against the resignations of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's National Assembly members and the postponement of by-polls.

Consequently, the court postponed by-elections on National Assembly seats in the province and also suspended the schedule of the by-polls which were to be held on March 16 and 19.

As the NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf accepted resignations from all PTI MNAs including the last batch on January 24, by-elections were scheduled to take place on the aforementioned dates.

The court has issued notices to the parties and has adjourned the case's hearing till March 7. It should be noted that the by-polls in KP were to be held on 24 seats of the parliament's lower house.

A day earlier, the Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the NA speaker and others on a stay application filed by former PTI lawmakers from Karachi against the acceptance of their resignations by the speaker and by-elections announced on their seats.

Last month, the ECP denotified PTI Chairman Imran Khan from six constituencies and declared those seats vacant three of...