A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking action against political parties for failing to ensure allocation of five per cent tickets to women candidates on general seats under the provisions of Section 206 of the Elections Act, 2017.
As per the petition filed by Aurat Foundation, it was revealed that only PML-N and MQM-P allocated over 5pc of their tickets to women for 266 National Assembly seats, while other political parties failed to meet this requirement.
Justice Aamer Farooq of the IHC has issued notice to the ECP, seeking its response by tomorrow (Feb 7).
