ECP reserves decision in Karachi LG polls postponement case.

KARACHI -- A five-member Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) bench Tuesday reserved its ruling on the case of repeated postponement of local bodies elections in Karachi.

The bench was headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja.

Last week, Sindh High Court (SHC) censured the ECP for sitting on the local bodies elections in Karachi, warning them against further delay. The court voiced its displeasure over the holdup during the hearing of the petitions submitted by PTI and JI.

PPP's Murtaza Wahab, JI's Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, and MQM's Waseem Akhtar were present during the hearing. IG Sindh, Chief Secretary Sindh, and secretary local government department also appeared before the election commission.

Special Secretary Election Commission Zafar Iqbal informed the commission that municipal elections were postponed because of the rains.

'However, the provincial government of Sindh has approved the postponement of local body elections for [another] 90 days,' Iqbal said.

He said in light of the Supreme Court's orders local bodies' elections should be held at...