Second phase of LG polls in Sindh postponed by ECP: Wahab.

ISLAMABAD -- Administrator Karachi, Sindh government's Spokesman and CM Advisor on Law Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Thursday said that the second phase of local bodies elections in Sindh has been postponed by the Election Commission of Pakistan not by the Pakistan Peoples Party. "Many candidates of PPP were elected unopposed. We are in favor of holding local elections immediately and this is what we had made clear to the Election Commission. Those who make baseless allegations will always cry," the Administrator said this while addressing a news conference in the Sindh Assembly Committee Room in Karachi. PPP Member Sindh Assembly Sadia Javed and others were also present on the occasion.

Wahab said that on Wednesday evening everyone was informed through media that the second phase of LG Polls in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions had been postponed.

"Some people accused that the Sindh government postponed the election. They should know that it is the ECP's responsibility to conduct the election. The elections should be conducted as per the schedule. We have also submitted before the ECP and the court that the work of delimitations has also been done according to the law," he added.

He said that all the parties had representation in the Select Committee of the Sindh Assembly. Wahab said that Ali Zaidi had tweeted that PPP did not find candidates in Hyderabad and due to which, the elections...

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