Karachi (HRNW) The Government of Sindh has informed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that it will not be able to hold the second phase of the local government elections in Karachi for at least three months as the police force is not available for the elections’ security.
Responding to the letter of the ECP on Tuesday, the Sindh government told the ECP that 37 thousand policemen are required for the local bodies’ elections’ security duty whereas 17 thousand police personnel are engaged in relief and rehabilitation activities in the flood-affected areas of the province while five thousand policemen are in Islamabad to tackle the PTI long march.
Keeping the whole situation in mind, the provincial government informed the ECP that it cannot conduct the elections under the current circumstances.
In a meeting gathered to decide on the elections following the request of the Sindh government, ECP has indefinitely postponed the polls.