ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered the federal government to hold local government (LG) polls in the capital city within 120 days. Chief Justice IHC heard the intra-court appeals on the LG polls wherein the DG Law, Election Commission argued that 120 days were required to hold elections adding that the schedule of elections would be released after the delimitation of 125 union councils. The CJ remarked that it was not right to increase the UCs after the schedule was released adding that if it was intended, it must have been done before the schedule was released. “The court will fix the case and issue its observation”, he remarked. DNA
