PHC takes up plea seeking KP election date today

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has fixed the hearing of a petition seeking the date for elections to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly.

The PHC will hear the petition filed by PA speaker Mushtaq Ghani to seek date for election of KP Assembly. A two-member bench comprising Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Abdul Shakoor will hear the petition on Wednesday (today).

Yesterday, the demand for the disbursement of Rs21 billion additional funds for Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) elections was rejected by the federal government.