Will implement SC decisions on Karachi in 'letter and spirit': ECP chief

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has said that the order of Supreme Court (SC) on verification of voters lists in Karachi will be implemented in letter and spirit.

The ECP chief said this in separate meetings with representatives of political and religious parties, including MQM, PML-N, ANP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F at the provincial Election Commission office here on Thursday.

Justice (R) Ebrahim said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started preparing a strategy in the light of the Supreme Court's decisions on verification of voters' lists and delimitation of different constituencies. Work in this regard will be started next week, he hoped.

The CEC also assured the representatives of political and religious parties that each and every step would be taken for holding of free, fair and impartial general elections in the country and no one would be allowed to violate the code of conduct.

The representatives of political and religious parties also put forward various suggestions for making transparent and error free voters' lists.