Court rejects PPP’s amendments in local government laws
Orders Sindh government to hold polls as per the 2001 electoral constituencies
By Mohammad Ashraf, Correspondent, Published: 16:39 December 30, 2013, Source
Karachi: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday rejected amendments in local government laws, which the provincial Sindh assembly had approved in haste, and ordered the government to hold the elections as per the 2001 electoral constituencies.
The changes had been recommended by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
The two-member SHC bench, headed by justice Sajjad Ali Shah, held the amendments unconstitutional. It also ordered the provincial government to redraw limits of the electoral constituencies in Hyderabad, Larkana, Sukkur, Mipurkhas and Karachi.
The verdict could cause delay in the local government elections, scheduled to be held on January 18.