The Federal Constitutional Court has scheduled a hearing on November 25 to consider Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) request for a tribunal to investigate alleged election fraud, with a five-member larger bench presiding.
Chief Justice Aminuddin formed the five-judge bench, which will be led by Justice Aamir Farooq, to hear the petition filed by PTI seeking judicial scrutiny of alleged vote rigging during past elections.
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PTI’s central Secretary General Salman Akram Raja had approached the Supreme Court to form a tribunal, but following the 27th constitutional amendment, the case was transferred to the Constitutional Court for adjudication.
Earlier this year, during the third round of talks with the government, PTI submitted a seven-point Charter of Demands, including calls for judicial investigations into electoral irregularities, though it later moderated its stance on election probe demands.
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Negotiations were held under National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, with participation from Deputy Prime Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, Senators Irfan Siddiqui, Rana Sanaullah, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Naveed Qamar, Dr. Farooq Sattar, Ejaz-ul-Haq, and Qadir Magsi representing the government side.
PTI’s negotiation committee, including opposition leader Omar Ayub, Asad Qaiser, Allama Nasser Abbas, Salman Akram Raja, and Sahibzada Hamid Raza, signed the Charter of Demands, but subsequent talks between the government and opposition ultimately failed to produce an agreement.