ISLAMABAD
The Election Commission of Pakistan has announced that the local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad will be held on January 15. The verdict was announced by a three-member bench of the commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja on Monday.
The ECP bench rejected the request filed by MQM leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui seeking delay in the local government polls in Karachi and Hyderabad and accepted the petition of Jamaat-i-Islami contesting the proposed postponement. The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday reserved the verdict on the MQM petition challenging the voters’ lists to be used during the forthcoming local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
