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SC orders to stop by-elections in NA-154 Lodhran, suspends ET’s verdict

SC orders to stop by-elections in NA-154 Lodhran, suspends ET’s verdict
September 29, 2015
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The Supreme Court has on Tuesday suspended the decision of Election Tribunal regarding holding of by-election in NA-154 Lodhran. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Saddique Baloch had submitted a petition in the apex court against the Election Tribunal’s decision and his lifetime ban. The decision was given by a three member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Saqib Nisar. The top court suspended the verdict and stayed the by-elections scheduled for October 11. Following the court’s verdict, Siddique Baloch's membership of the National Assembly has been restored.