ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday took notice of what it called, ‘irresponsible’ statements of various political leaders regarding delimitations of union councils in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions.
In a statement, the ECP spokesperson termed Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s statement as wrong and misleading. “Sanaullah’s statement shows that he has little knowledge of election laws. The EC has fulfilled its constitutional and legal responsibilities,” the statement reads.
The spokesperson termed the allegations of using old voter s’ lists for local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad as baseless.
The spokesman explained that the provincial government was bound to provide exact number of union councils, provided the numbers of UCs of each district through the notification and the ECP performed the delimitations in all districts in a transparent manner and as per the prescribed law.
He further said that delimitation of constituencies in Sindh had no similarity with those carried out in Islamabad as latter’s case, the number of UCs were increased from 101 to 125 during the election schedule only, to which the ECP passed orders that after issuing election schedule, central government was in no position to change numbers of UCs, and that the polling would take place as per schedule. The ECP s spokesman said the electoral body was ready to hold elections elections in Islamabad in seven to 10 days.
