ECP finalizes arrangements to hold LG elections in Karachi

• ECP will announce the reserved decision on January 09.
• CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja reserved its verdict on Friday.
• ECP has rejected MQM-P’s allegations regarding dual voter lists.

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalized all the arrangements to hold the local government (LG) polls in Karachi and Hyderabad on January 15.

Sources said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the reserved decision on holding the repeatedly-delayed local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad January 09.

The ECP had reserved verdict on petitions filed by MQM-Pakistan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) over local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.

The ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja reserved its verdict on Friday.

Sources said that the Election Commission has rejected MQM-P’s allegations regarding using dual voter lists and completed all preparations for the LG polls in Karachi and Hyderabad. The local body elections in Sindh’s two most populous cities will be held on the old voter lists.

It should be noted that the CEC, during the hearing on MQM’s request, said that local elections in Karachi could not be postponed anymore.

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