The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has extended its stay order on the oath-taking ceremony of lawmakers notified on reserve seats, which were denied to the PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) after a verdict to the effect issued by Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP).

The court issued its order during a hearing of a petition filed by SIC, adjourning the hearing and summoning the Attorney General of Pakistan, Mansoor Usman Awan, to appear before the court on the next hearing.

A day earlier, the PHC barred the oath-taking of lawmakers notified on the aforementioned reserved seats, preventing members from swearing in and directed the ECP to submit its response in the said matter by today.  

The directives were issued during today’s hearing conducted by Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Shakeel Ahmad.