Election Commission a stooge of PPP, says Hafiz Naeem.

KARACHI -- Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) Karachi Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman says the Election Commission of Pakistan has become a stooge of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) as it could not declare the results of six union councils of the city.

Speaking to media on Friday, he said the JI was the most successful party in the recently held local government elections in Karachi.

Hafiz Naeem said the JI had given a proof to the Election Commission about its success in five union councils, but the commission had become a political tool of the PPP. He said the ECP was duty bound to conduct transparent and impartial elections. It was not performing its constitutional obligation. 'Why are the results of 11 union councils not being announced?' the JI leader questioned.

He claimed that the PPP wished that elections...