SHC declines immediate hearing of MQM plea on LG Polls in Sindh.

KARACHI -- The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday declined immediate hearing of a petition of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) over the local government election in Sindh, media reported.

The constitutional petition was filed by Kunwar Naveed Jameel and former chairmen of district municipal corporations (DMCs) regarding the notifications issued by the ECP in April and May announcing the schedule of the LG elections in Sindh.

The election commission issued an amended notification on June 10, the lawyer argued. The MQM sought the court to declare the notification as void.

The bench said the court will not immediate hear any case in pending.

Petitioners lawyer argued that the impugned notifications were issued without lawful authority...