SHC seeks reply from ECP on plea against LG polls delay.

KARACHI -- The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday sought a written reply from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on the petitions filed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the delay in holding the second phase of local government (LG) polls in Sindh.

Appearing before a two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ahmad Ali Sheikh, PTI's counsel Raj Ali Advocate stated that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has deliberately postponed the LG elections on July 24.

Advocate Wahid said that the ECP itself had said earlier that the LB elections could not be postponed due to the huge amount of money spent on their arrangements.

Meanwhile, JI counsel Usman Farooq...