Sindh cabinet defers Karachi LG polls for 4th time.

KARACHI -- In a major development, the Sindh cabinet on Friday approved a proposal seeking another postponement of the much-delayed Local Government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. The development came a day after the Sindh High Court (SHC) ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold the local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad without any further delay. The proposal for delaying the elections was given goahead through a circulation summary. Sindh cabinet took this action by invoking the Sindh Local Government Act, 2013. SHC on Thursday voiced displeasure over the local government election holdup during the hearing of the petitions submitted by PTI and JI. A two-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh, took up the case. During the hearing, Justice Yousaf Ali, questioned the ECP counsel...