KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has once again postponed the local government (LG) polls in Karachi – scheduled for October 23, 2022.

In a meeting gathered to decide on the elections following the request of Sindh government, ECP has indefinitely postponed the polls.

Earlier, Sindh government for the third time urged the ECP to postpone the local body elections in Karachi due to lack of security.

The provincial government wrote a letter requesting the election commission to postpone local bodies election in Karachi for three months. Free and fair polls cannot be held without proper security, the government argued.

The letter states that Karachi is the most populous division of the country with a population bigger than Balochistan. It added that Karachi is a densely populated division/metropolitan city of the country and requires elaborate arrangements for holding elections for maintaining law and order.

At least 5,000 polling stations would be established to hold the LG polls, requiring at least 39,000 security personnel to maintain law and order, while the government only has 22,507 personnel to deploy for the LG polls, it added.

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