KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) sought a written reply from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on petitions filed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against delay in holding second phase of local government (LG) polls in Sindh.

Appearing before a two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ahmad Ali Sheikh, PTI’s counsel Raj Ali Advocate stated that Election Commission of Pakistan has deliberately postponed LG elections on July 24. Advocate Wahid said that ECP itself had said earlier that LB elections could not be postponed due to huge amount of money spent on their arrangements. Meanwhile, JI counsel Usman Farooq Advocate stated that Karachi Administrator Murtaza Wahab is using government machinery for political interests.

Wahab should be stopped from using government machinery, he requested. SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh remarked that court would examine everything in detail once parties filed their replies. Later, hearing was adjourned until October 25 and SHC directed ECP to submit its written reply in court.

Published in The Daily National Courier, September, 17 2022

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