Two members of the Christian community in Pakistan, Rameez Alam and Anil Masseh, have filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court challenging a Constitutional provision that changed the process of filling minority seats in national and provincial assemblies. The petitioners argue that after 2002 Constitutional amendments in Articles 51 and 106, the members of minority communities on the seats reserved for non-Muslims were elected based on a proportional representation system instead of being directly elected by the minorities.

They claim that this undemocratic system does not allow for true representation of the community and violates the preamble of the Constitution, which provides for safeguarding the legitimate interests of minorities. The advocate representing the petitioners, Numan Mohib Kakakhel, has sought the nullification of the amendments and restoration of the election procedure enforced before 2002. The federal government and Ministry of Law and Justice have been named as respondents in the case. The petition asserts that the amendments are against basic human rights and infringe upon the democratic process of electing minority members to the assemblies.