KARACHI (HRNW) The Sindh High Court (SHC) has sought written replies from the respondents by August 22 on the petitions filed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the delay in holding the second phase of local bodies (LB) elections in Sindh.
Appearing before a two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ahmad Ali Sheikh, PTI’s counsel Raj Ali Wahid Advocate stated that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has deliberately postponed the LB elections on July 24.
The metropolitan city had received heavy rains on that day, the court remarked before asking the counsel: “If there were elections during the rain, would you have ventured out to cast your vote?”
Advocate Wahid said that the courts were open that day. “If polling was held, then I would have definitely gone to cast my vote,” he responded before adding that the ECP itself had said earlier that the LB elections could not be postponed due to the huge amount of money spent on their arrangements.