LB polls: Murtaza Wahab asks ECP to expedite announcement of results

• Political parties are concerned about delay in results.
• Murtaza Wahab said ECP should take action.
• “Timely release of results will remove confusion.”

KARACHI: Expressing his reservation over the delay in election results, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and Sindh Government Spokesperson Barrister Murtaza Wahab asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to expedite the process of announcement of local bodies elections’ results in Sindh.

Political parties are concerned about the delay in the election results.

The PPP leader said the ECP should ensure immediate release of Form 11 and Form 12. Candidates were worried about the delay in the release of election results, he said. The election commission should take action on the situation, he maintained.

He said the election body should take measures for immediate release of election results.

“Timely release of results will remove confusion. It is imperative to release the results immediately for transparency of elections,” he said.

The long-awaited Local Government (LG) elections were held in Karachi, Hyderabad and eight other districts of Sindh, BOL News reported.

The voter turnout was not high while there were reports of clashes and allegations of rigging and mismanagement at various polling stations.

The main contest was between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and Jamaat-e-Islami amid the boycott by the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM).

As per the unofficial and unconfirmed results, the PPP was leading in Hyderabad, Karachi and multiple other districts of Sindh.

Over 3.4 million people exercised their right to elect the local government. The polling took place in seven districts of Karachi and nine other districts including Hyderabad, Dadu, Jamshoro, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Badin, Thatta, and Sujawal.