ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday rejected the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s plea for suspension of the second phase of LG polls in Sindh on the ground of some flaws in the delimitation of constituencies in Karachi and Hyderabad.
The MQM-P had filed a petition to the ECP challenging demarcation of some Karachi and Hyderabad constituencies for the second phase of LG polls in Sindh on the ground of what it claimed some flaws in delimitation of constituencies.
A four-member bench of Election Commission, headed by Sindh’s member Nisar Durrani, heard the case. The counsel for MQMP while questioning flaws in the delimitation process, urged the Election Commission to suspend second phase of LG polls as an interim relief.
The counsel for the MQM, while explaining some flaws in the delimitation of some Karachi and Hyderabad constituencies, asked the ECP to suspend the second phase of the LG polls to provide relief to the petitioner.
On Friday, the MQM-P warned that it would review its decision to participate in the upcoming August 28 local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad while reiterating its protest over unjustified delimitation, fake voters’ list and less count of the population of Karachi in the National Census, 2017.
