The Sindh High Court (SHC) has on Friday accepted a plea filed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) demanding the allocation of reserved seats for women and minorities in the province.

The party, which was joined by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) backed independent candidates who had won the February 8 general elections to claim reserved seats, filed the plea today. 

The court has decided to conduct a hearing urgently to assess the importance of the matter.

On March 4, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said in its decision that SIC is not eligible to get reserved seats.

After that, the party approached the Peshawar High Court (PHC) which extended the stay order on the oath-taking ceremony of lawmakers and summoned Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan to appear before the court on the next hearing.