Overview
- The Islamabad High Court bench of Justices Arbab Muhammad Tahir and Raja Inam Amin Minhas suspended a single-bench verdict tied to local government elections.
- The stay stops enforcement of the four-month election directive and pauses further proceedings in the case.
- Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani’s earlier decision had invalidated the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad’s January 23, 2024 property-tax notification and directed polls within four months.
- MCI challenged that ruling through 16 intra-court appeals filed by Advocate Kashif Malik.
- The appeals will be heard on a later date, with arguments including MCI’s contention that the impugned notice was a draft rather than a gazetted final order.