ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party was eligible for over 20 extra reserved seats...
Gohar Ali Khan , chairman of former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party, addresses media members after a Supreme Court's verdict in Islamabad on July 12, 2024. Pakistan's Supreme Court on July 12 granted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party around 20 seats in parliament reserved for women and minorities, months after national elections marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging.
The commission had ordered the reserved seats instead to be distributed among other parties, mostly to those in the ruling coalition. The ruling coalition still has well over 200 members of the 336-member lower house of parliament. Khan’s party strength stood at 84 before the decision, and is expected to rise to over 100.
The commission and military deny the charges, but questions have been raised in the West about the transparency of the polls.
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