SC to hear appeal against de-seating of PTI MPAs on Nov 9.

ISLAMABAD -- A three-member Supreme Court of Pakistan bench will take up an appeal against the de-seating of 25 PTI members of provincial assembly (MPAs) on November 9, 2022.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial will head the bench comprising Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha Malik.

Defecting their political party, PTI, these members had voted for PLM-N Vice President Hamza Shehbaz Sharif in the election for the Chief Minister of Punjab on April 16.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) de-notified these alleged defectors on May 23.

These included five elected MPAs on seats reserved for women and minorities after a reference filed by PTI chairman Imran Khan seeking the removal of defectors from the assembly.

The case was heard by a three-member bench of the ECP, comprising Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, Nisar Ahmed Durrani and Shah Mohammad Jatoi.

Later the deserters and former MPAs moved to the Supreme Court to challenge the ECP ruling.

The votes of the dissident...