{"id":576122,"date":"2026-11-06T09:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=576122"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T04:29:49","slug":"ec-oct-21-order-election-schedule-challenged-in-ihc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/ec-oct-21-order-election-schedule-challenged-in-ihc\/","title":{"rendered":"EC Oct 21 order, Election schedule challenged in IHC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IBD LB polls<br \/>\n ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nOctober 21 order of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and election schedule in connection with Local Bodies (LB) polls in Islamabad have been challenged in Islamabad High Court (IHC).<br \/>\nAs per media report, Barrister Adil Aziz Qazi has filed the petition in IHC on behalf of Chaudhry Amjid Ali.<br \/>\nThe petition said the election cannot be held without determining the legal status of old delimitations.<br \/>\nThe legal term of Islamabad Local bodies has expired in February 2021.<br \/>\nAs per elections act-2017 it is mandatory under law to hold election within 120 days on expiry of period.<br \/>\nThe court has been requested that the election process be suspended or postponed till the decision. Order for new and transparent delimitations of constituencies be issued.<br \/>\nElection Commission, Interior ministry, law ministry, CDA and others have been made respondents in the petition filed in IHC.<br \/>\nIt is pertinent to mention here the EC had issued orders for holding LB polls in Islamabad on October 21, 2026.<br \/>\nThe petitioner requested the court to nullify the October 21, 2026 order and election schedule by declaring them illegal. Legal and institutional frame work of delimitation of constituencies in Islamabad be also determined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IBD LB polls ISLAMABAD October 21 order of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and election schedule in connection with Local Bodies (LB) polls in Islamabad have been challenged in Islamabad High Court (IHC). As per media report, Barrister Adil Aziz Qazi has filed the petition in IHC on behalf of Chaudhry Amjid Ali. The petition [&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":["post-576122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EC Oct 21 order, Election schedule challenged in IHC<\/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\/ec-oct-21-order-election-schedule-challenged-in-ihc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EC Oct 21 order, Election schedule challenged in IHC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IBD LB polls ISLAMABAD October 21 order of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and election schedule in connection with Local Bodies (LB) polls in Islamabad have been challenged in Islamabad High Court (IHC). 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