The petitioner, Hasan Kamran, contested the census results in Balochistan in the Balochistan High Court (BHC) and moved to the Supreme Court after the BHC rejected the petition.
The petitioner requested the apex court to declare the Balochistan High Court’s decision as void. According to the petition, the population of Balochistan was reported to be around 21.7 million till the final phase of the census process. However, in the final report approved by the Council of Common Interests (CCI), the population of Balochistan was reduced to 14.89 million.
A three-member SC bench took up the plea challenging the census results in Balochistan.
The court issued notices to the AGP and advocate general of Balochistan to assist the SC on the legal matters and adjourned the hearing for a week.