{"id":307870,"date":"2023-01-17T02:03:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=307870"},"modified":"2023-01-17T02:03:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T21:03:14","slug":"mqm-p-to-move-court-against-irregularities-in-karachi-lg-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/mqm-p-to-move-court-against-irregularities-in-karachi-lg-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"MQM-P to move court against \u2018irregularities\u2019 in Karachi LG polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>delimitations<br \/>\nKARACHI<br \/>\nMuttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided to move court against \u2018irregularities\u2019 in the local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.<br \/>\nAccording to details, the MQM-P has decided to file a petition \u2018irregularities\u2019 in LG elections, held in Karachi and Hyderabad, which the party boycotted.<br \/>\nSources said that the party has started consultation with legal experts in this regard. The Sindh government\u2019s notification regarding the delimitations of constituencies will also be made a part of the petition, they added.<br \/>\nSources quoting the party officials claimed that 22nd Amendment of the Constitution, Article 218-2 and 219 was violated by holding the local government elections. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) dominated the local government (LG) polls in Karachi as it leads with 80 UC seats, as per the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).<\/p>\n<p>According to the results of 170 UCs out of 235, Pakistan People\u2019s Party is flying-high with 80 UCs. Jamaat-e-Islami second and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) remained third with 49 and 29 UC seats, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has announced to boycott local government (LG) polls, scheduled to take place today (January 15) in three divisions of Sindh, including Karachi and Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Karachi, MQM-P convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui announced that the party has decided to boycott local government (LG) elections, rejecting the \u2018fake\u2019 delimitations of constituencies and voter lists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil January 15, we left no stone unturned to bring justice to this city,\u201d Khalid Maqbool said, adding that the local body polls were already rigged. Lambasting the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the MQM-P convener noted that it was the electoral watchdog\u2019s responsibility to keep an eye on constituencies, but it failed. = DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>delimitations KARACHI Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided to move court against \u2018irregularities\u2019 in the local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. According to details, the MQM-P has decided to file a petition \u2018irregularities\u2019 in LG elections, held in Karachi and Hyderabad, which the party boycotted. Sources said that the party has started consultation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-307870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MQM-P to move court against \u2018irregularities\u2019 in Karachi LG polls<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/mqm-p-to-move-court-against-irregularities-in-karachi-lg-polls\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MQM-P to move court against \u2018irregularities\u2019 in Karachi LG polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"delimitations KARACHI Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided to move court against \u2018irregularities\u2019 in the local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. 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