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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the president to consult with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and announce the date for general polls in Punjab and asked the governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to announce elections in his province.

The directives were issued in a 3-2 split verdict given by a five-member bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial.

The judges that opposed the verdict were Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail.

As per the dissenting note, the judges were of the view that the suo motu case was not admissible under Article 184/3, and the apex court should not use its authority under the article in such cases.

In the dissenting note, the two opposing judges termed the suo motu proceedings "wholly unjustified in the mode and manner they were taken up under Article 184(3) of the Constitution". They said that the suo motu notice had been initiated with "undue haste".



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