Prime court docket strikes down PHC determination to droop RO appointment in Kohat

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ECP had challenged PHC order suspending appointment of Irfanullah as RO PK-91 constituency

Rangers patrol alongside a avenue previous Pakistan´s Supreme Court docket in Islamabad on April 5, 2022. Photograph— AFP

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday nullified the Peshawar Excessive Court docket’s (PHC) determination to droop the appointment of a returning officer in Kohat on the Election Fee of Pakistan (ECP) plea.

Final week, the electoral physique Thursday discipline an enchantment within the Supreme Court docket towards the PHC order, suspending its order about appointment of Irfanullah as a returning officer (RO) for the provincial meeting constituency of PK-91 Kohat II, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

The electoral physique filed by way of its counsel Afnan Karim Kundi Advocate the depart to enchantment beneath Article 185(3) of the Structure towards an order, handed by the PHC on Dec 27, in petitions, filed by a contestant of the constituency, elevating objections on the returning officer’s appointment.


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