• A three-member bench conducted the hearing of the plea.
• CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja heard the MQM-P reference.
•  He said it’s the ECP’s job to conduct the local government polls.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reserved the verdict on the reference filed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) about dual electoral lists.

A three-member bench conducted the hearing of the plea under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja pertaining to the dual electoral lists related to local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
During the hearing, the chief election commissioner told the lawyer representing MQM-P that he has gone to various forums, however, this issue was never raised before.

He told the lawyer to raise any other issue so that they can be clubbed.

The CEC further remarked that the lawyer is giving a wrong statement regarding the dual electoral rolls, rejecting his statement.

“You think you can get the elections delayed when your arguments are irrelevant so far,” he told the lawyer.

Sikandar Sultan Raja also stressed that the local government elections in Karachi will not be delayed, saying that it’s the Election Commission of Pakistan’s job to conduct the polls.

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Earlier, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah while chairing cabinet has made important decisions, including approval of reserved seats for transgenders in the local council and purchase of 40 more buses under Peoples Bus Service Karachi.

The provincial cabinet believing in the policy of equal rights for every segment of society has approved reserved seats for transgenders in the local councils.