The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has implemented the decision of the Supreme Court regarding reserved seats in the National and provincial assemblies.
Implementing the SC decision, the election commission has suspended members on the additional reserved seats and issued a notification in this regard. The Supreme Court had issued a stay order on the notification of additional reserved seats.
As per details, 19 women's seats in the National Assembly, including 11 from Punjab and eight from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, were suspended, including four women's seats of the PML-N, and two each of the JUI and the PPP. The membership of three minority members in the National Assembly was also suspended.
The PML-N lost the membership of 13 women and one minority member in the National Assembly, including nine from Punjab and four from KP. The membership of four female MNAs, including two each from KP and Punjab, and one minority member of the PPP was also suspended.
The membership of 21 women and four non-Muslim members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was suspended, and the membership of 24 women, including 21 from the PML-N, and three minority members, including two from the PML-N and one PPP, of the Punjab Assembly was suspended.
This also included a female member each from the PML-Q and the Istehkam-e-Pakistan in the PA.
The membership of two women, including one each from the PPP and MQM, and one non-Muslim member of the PPP in the Sindh Assembly, was also suspended.
