The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought guidance from the Supreme Court regarding the local government (LG) elections.
A senior official revealed to The Express Tribune that the ECP has submitted an application in the apex court after the Sindh and Lahore High Courts’ decisions to set aside the delimitation of wards in the two provinces as well as the recall of an earlier election schedule with the apex court’s permission.
The source said the SC has fixed the hearing of the application for Thursday and the commission will inform the SC that the federal government has yet to complete the process of legislation regarding polls in Cantonment Areas as well as Islamabad. “We will request the SC to issue directions to the federal and provincial governments to arrange the LG elections as the ECP’s job in this regard has been completed,” the official said.
He added that the Lahore High Court had not issued a detailed verdict about LG elections in Punjab when the delimitation process was set aside and the ECP was asked to start new delimitation in the province.
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