KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has filed petition in Sindh High Court (SHC) against delay in Local Government elections in Karachi scheduled for August 28. Petition was filed by PTI MPAs Khurram Sher Zaman and Raja Azhar who also made Chief Election Commissioner, provincial Election Commissioner and Sindh government as respondents in case.

PTI plea stated that there was no unusual rainfall in Karachi but ECP termed it as reason for delay in polls. They blamed PPP and its coalition parties for delaying polls in Karachi and said that barring process has deprived masses from choosing their representatives. It demanded SHC to order immediate holding of local government elections in city. Election Commission of Pakistan postponed LG elections in Karachi after receiving inputs from Sindh government. 

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 26 2022

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