Sindh relieves MQM municipal administrators under ECP order.

KARACHI -- The Sindh government has decided to relieve administrators of Korangi and Karachi East district municipal corporations until the next order, media reported on Tuesday.

According to sources, the government has decided to remove Syed Shakeel Ahmed, and Muhammad Sharif from the office as administrators of DMC Korangi and Karachi East under the orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Administrator Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Muhammad Farooq will also be removed from office, provincial government sources said.

The election commission had directed removal of the administrators of the local councils posted on the recommendation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan.

The PTI and Jamaat Islami had challenged the posting of the political administrators with the election commission.

The ECP had recently on Thursday asked the Sindh government to withdraw the appointment of Karachi and Hyderabad district administrators.

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