Delay in LG polls: JI files contempt of court petition against Sindh govt
January 14, 2023 03:19 PM
The Jamaat-i-Islami has submitted a contempt of court petition to the Sindh High Court against the provincial government for writing a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan expressing its inability to hold the local government elections in Sindh citing inefficient security, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
JI lawyer Usman Farooq Advocate said that despite court order, the Sindh government wrote a letter to the ECP requesting it to delay the LG polls. He said that it was Sindh government’s responsibility to make security arrangements for the local elections.
The lawyer said that the court had given clear instructions in this regard.
The Sindh chief minister and chief secretary were made respondents in the petition.
Reporter Bilal Ahmad