Election preparations: Army, ECP to meet on December 13

They are expected to discuss voter verification, delimitation of constituencies in meeting.

KARACHI: The Army has contacted the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and will now hold a meeting with the commission regarding door-to-door voter verification as well as the delimitation of constituencies in Karachi on December 13, Express News reported on Saturday.

Pakistan Army officials contacted the ECP and officials will now meet on the given date.

The Supreme Court earlier ordered the ECP to carry out door-to-door voter verification in Karachi with the army and Frontier Corps (FC) asked to assist.

The court had also ordered the election commission and the Sindh government to complete the delimitation of constituencies in Karachi.

These steps were taken after petitioners alleged that approximately 50% of the voters in Karachi had their vote shifted to other parts of the country to their permanent addresses; and, in their place, names of unverified voters had been inserted.

The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) had moved the court seeking verification of voter lists, while, significantly, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) had raised objections to the move.