Supreme Court verdict restores 77 reserved seats in national and provincial assemblies

Following the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the allocation of reserved seats to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), 77 reserved seats across the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies have been restored.

National Assembly:

Restored Seats: 22 (Women: 19, Minorities: 3)

New Allocations:

PML-N: 14 seats

PPP: 5 seats

JUI-F: 3 seats

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly:

Restored Seats: 25 (Women: 21, Minorities: 4)

New Allocations:

JUI-F: 10

PML-N: 7

PPP: 7

ANP: 1

Punjab Assembly:

Restored Seats: 27 (Women: 24, Minorities: 3)

New Allocations:

PML-N: 23

PPP: 2

PML-Q: 1

IPP: 1

Sindh Assembly:

Restored Seats: 3 (Women: 2, Minorities: 1)

New Allocations:

PPP: 2

MQM: 1

These seats were previously considered vacant after a Supreme Court ruling nullified an earlier order to allocate them to PTI. The fresh distribution strengthens the position of ruling coalition parties at both national and provincial levels.