IHC raises objection on PTI's contempt of court plea against ECP, govt.

ISLAMABAD -- Islamabad High court (IHC) on Tuesday raised objection on the contempt of court plea filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and the federal government over not holding local government (LG) elections in the capital on Dec 31.

The IHC's registrar objected that how a contempt of court appeal could be filed against the CEC. Consequently, the appeal was not taken up for hearing by the court.

Earlier, the PTI had filed a contempt of court plea against the CEC and the federal government for not following IHC's orders of holding LG elections in the capital on Dec 31. The PTI contended that as the ECP and the federal government had failed to conduct elections on the stipulated date, they had committed a crime rendering them liable to be...