{"id":255003,"date":"2022-04-15T04:21:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=255003"},"modified":"2022-04-15T04:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T23:21:46","slug":"ecp-rejects-plea-from-balochistan-govt-to-postpone-lg-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ecp-rejects-plea-from-balochistan-govt-to-postpone-lg-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP rejects plea from Balochistan govt to postpone LG polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>no excuse<br \/>\n ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected a plea from Balochistan government to postpone local government elections in the province.<br \/>\nDuring the hearing, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja said that the ECP could not withdraw its decision to hold local government elections and if the provincial authorities will make an excuse then the matter would be taken up with the Supreme Court of Pakistan.<br \/>\n\u201cShall we tell the apex court that the provincial authorities are not cooperating with the election commission for holding local bodies election?\u201d asked the CEC.<br \/>\nSikandar Sultan Raja further shared that they were in coordination with law enforcing authorities and the provincial authorities should not worry regarding the law order situation. \u201cTell us under which law shall we postpone the elections?\u201d the CEC asked the counsel representing the Balochistan government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>no excuse ISLAMABAD The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected a plea from Balochistan government to postpone local government elections in the province. 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