ECP announced local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad on January 15
ECP announced the date of LG elections in Karachi and Hyderabad on the direction of SHC after delaying it several times
Chief
Election Commissioner Sikander Raja announced the verdict, reserved on November
15. The LG polls in Karachi were first postponed in July due to the monsoon
rains in the city. The Sindh government had repeatedly sought the rescheduling
of dates for the election.
The
elections were initially scheduled for July 24, but they were delayed due to
"bad weather and rains". Then, polling was set to take place on
August 28 and October 24, but the provincial government refused to provide
security.
In its
latest move to delay the polling further, the provincial cabinet had earlier
this month approved delaying local government elections in Karachi Division for
another 90 days under Sindh Local Government Act, 2013.
Last week,
in a similar case, the Sindh High Court had directed the ECP to announce a
new schedule for the local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
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"We
would not go so far as to dictate the date of the election or direct the manner
in which the same ought to be conducted or policed, but would note that the ECP
may notify the polling date, preferably within a period of 15 days from the
date of this order," the order mentioned.
The court
has demanded the ECP to specify a fresh polling date and preferably conclude
the overall exercise of the "election in any event within a total period
of 60 days".
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