SC rejects MQM-P's plea to stop second phase of Sindh LG polls.

KARACHI -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's (MQM-P) request to halt the second phase of the Sindh local government elections and requested the provincial government to submit its response.

The two-member bench under the chief justice's leadership heard MQM's petition in Islamabad today as the party's lawyer Farogh Naseem requested for the federal government's answer to be submitted on the matter.

'If the federal government wishes, it may submit a response,' remarked the CJP.

The advocate general then requested the court to grant the Sindh government two weeks' time to submit a written response, which was rejected by the SC.

Naseem argued that the LG polls 'are to be held on August 27, if two weeks are granted [to the provincial government to submit its response] then the Sindh government will say the polls are too close'.

Subsequently, the court ordered the provincial government to submit its response by August 4 and adjourned the hearing until then.

It may be noted that the MQM-P had sought a restraining order from the top court against the second phase of the local elections in Sindh.

In June, the Sindh High Court had rejected pleas filed by major political parties, including the MQM-P to delay...

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