LHC reserves verdict on petitions seeking Punjab election date | Dunya News

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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday reserved a verdict on the petitions filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and others over delay in announcement of date for elections in Punjab.

LHC Justice Jawad Hassan reserved the ruling after hearing arguments from the PTI, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman and federal government. The court is expected to announce the verdict today (Friday).

During the hearing, the governor’s lawyer maintained that Mr Rehman was not liable to give a date for elections when an interim cabinet has been formed. He pleaded the court to return the pleas as inadmissible with a fine on the petitioner.

A day earlier, the governor also submitted his response in an identical petition filed by a citizen Munir Ahmed, stating: "It is emphatically denied that the answering respondent No 1 was in any manner obligated to appoint the date of elections when he has never dissolved the Assembly while acting on the so-called advice of the Chief Minister

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