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Islamabad High Court building. — IHC website ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to the National Assembly Speaker, secretary and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a petition filed by the PTI against the acceptance of resignations of its Members National Assembly (MNAs) in ‘piecemeal’. IHC acting Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the petition filed by the PTI, seeking direction to the ECP to denotify the party’s all 123 MNAs and declare the seats as vacant. During the course of the proceedings, the court directed that the representatives of the NA secretary appear before it along with the relevant record at the next hearing. Meanwhile, the court adjourned the hearing till August 16. The petition        On August 2, the PTI challenged the phase-wise acceptance of its MNAs in the high court. PTI General Secretary Asad Umar filed the petition seeking direction to the ECP to denotify all 123 MNAs.  The IHC's registrar office had e

PTI workers gathered outside Supreme Court Lahore registry building.— Jaleel Rathore/ Twitter PTI and PML-Q parliamentary parties hold meeting and reach SC. Deputy registrar SC Lahore registry Ijaz also reaches court to receive PTI petition. PTI leader Yasmeen Rashid demands to open court immediately. Following Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari’s ruling on the Punjab Chief Minister's election about rejecting PML-Q votes, leaders of the PTI and the PML-Q reached Supreme Court (SC) registry Lahore late night and submitted a petition against CM Punjab election, Geo News reported. Earlier, after a crucial session of the Punjab assembly , PML-N's candidate Hamza Shahbaz retained the post of the Punjab CM against Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervez Elahi through a three-vote victory. Following the counting of votes, the deputy speaker, citing Article 63A of the Constitution, rejected ten votes cast by the PML-Q members. As a result, Hamza received 179