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SC declares the ECP order "null and void" and orders elections to be held on May 14 in Punjab.

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  President Alvi's decision is upheld by the court; which decides to continue hearings regarding the election date for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld President Dr. Arif Alvi's decision to hold elections on April 30 and declared Tuesday that the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision to delay elections in Punjab was "null and void."       After hearing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) petition for a week, a three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar, and Justice Ijazul Ahsan reserved the verdict on Monday.           The written verdict, which was made public a few minutes after it was made public, read, "The impugned order dated 22.03.2023 (“EC Order”) made by the Election Commission of Pakistan (“Commission”) is declared to be unconstitutional, without lawful authority or jurisdiction, void ab-initio, of no legal effect, and is hereby quashed." ...
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Ex-PM inquiries about the reasons behind the three-member bench.

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  Nawaz Sharif called for the formation of a full court to hear the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)'s petition regarding the delay in elections to the Punjab Assembly. Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister and supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), called on a full court to hear a petition from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the delay in elections to the Punjab Assembly on Friday.       Nawaz Sharif asked why the three-member bench was kept, despite numerous objections, and asked how the verdicts from such a contentious bench could be accepted. Nawaz Sharif voiced his concerns about the situation at a press conference in London, describing it as a "terrible joke" being played on Pakistanis. He encouraged the country to become alert to the seriousness of emergencies and said a few decisions are being censured as being made to work with 'one individual' as it were.       Sharif said the principal legal officer, a few adjudicators...
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