JI chief writes to CJP, demands suo motu over Karachi LG elections.

KARACHI -- Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Sirajul Haq has urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to take suo motu over role of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) during local government (LG) elections in Karachi, media reported on Sunday.

The JI chief expressed his views in a letter penned down to CJP Umar Ata Bandial following the local government (LG) elections in Sindh, including Karachi.

In the letter, Sirajul Haq alleged that most of the ECP staff during local government election in Sindh were supporters of ruling party - Pakistan People's Party (PPP). 'The electoral staff was appointed on the basis of political affiliation,' he noted.

'The ruling party cast bogus votes in 35 to 40 union councils (UCs) of Karachi,' the JI chief wrote, adding that even before the election, the party had started saying that the city's mayor would be a 'jiyala'.

Sirajul Haq further said that the...

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