SC to announce opinion on Presidential reference regarding Senate election on Monday.

ISLAMABAD -- The Supreme Court will announce it opinion on the Presidential Reference seeking opinion on holding Senate election through open ballot without a Constitutional amendment on Monday (March 1).

A five-member larger bench of the court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed had reserved its verdict on the reference on Thursday (February 25) after conclusion of proceedings on presidential reference seeking legal opinion to hold Senate elections on open ballot without a constitutional amendment.

Advocate Shajeel Swati counsel for the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had requested the court to announce its opinion by February 28, in order to make relevant arrangements for the Senate elections which are scheduled for March 3.

According to a supplementary cause list...