ISLAMABAD: After getting an order last month to delay the local government elections in Punjab and Sindh, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) again approached the Supreme Court yesterday, suggesting that the polls be held in three phases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The law and order situation in the province provides ample justification to hold the elections in phases to ensure security, an application submitted to the court by the ECP as well as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government said.
In order to hold the elections in phases, said the application, the provincial government and the ECP needed extension of the date. The last week of April would be most suitable for holding the first phase of the elections. The government had not suggested any election date earlier.
On Jan 13, the court allowed the commission to scrap the election schedules for Sindh and Punjab and announce new dates after completing the prerequisites.
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