Endless Delays.

Yet again, the Sindh government filed a request for the delay of the local government elections that were scheduled to be held on January 15, stating that political leaders were under a threat from aggressors but failing to provide further details. Fortunately, the Election Commission of Pakistan stuck to the precedent it set previously and asserted that the polls will be held on time, especially considering this is a constitutional responsibility of the provincial governments. Already these elections have been delayed twice, a third time is unacceptable.

If the problem is with the lack of security, the entire province's police force is at the disposal of the government. Accordingly, they can be designated to particular areas that are felt to be high risk. The ECP is also right in stating that the army cannot abandon all its responsibilities fighting rising terrorism to facilitate these local body elections which have been given priority by most law enforcement already. Regardless of such reservations, it has also...