The MQM's Faisal Sabzwari has led the party's charge against the PPP led. His party has opposed Karachi's delimitation. PHOTO: IRFAN ALI/FILE
Labelling the petition as pointless, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali told MQM’s lawyer Faroogh A Naseem, “the Supreme Court has not ordered the election commission to carry out Karachi's delimitation. Hence, review petition of this issue is pointless.”
The court representative of the election commission presented a written statement saying the delimitation of constituencies is not taking place in Karachi.
The plea was discussed during the hearing of Karachi law and order case heard by a five-member bench headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali at Karachi registry today.
On January 9, the court ordered the Registrar Office to admit MQM's plea for hearing and dismissed the registrar’s reservations.
MQM, the only political party opposing the delimitation, had filed the review petition in December against the SC’s verdict on the issue.
The petition pleaded that the court’s rulings of Nov 26 and Nov 28 were “in violation” of the Constitution.
Farooq Sattar had said that a delimitation process which was only limited to Karachi and without a census was equivalent to pre-poll rigging.
On Nov 26, a five-member bench of the apex court had observed that constituencies in Karachi should be delimited in a manner that they comprise “mixed population” to avoid political polarisation.
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MQM has a very valid point here. If SC and ECP want to change the electorial zones then this should happen all over Pakistan and with good amount of time before elections. Like it or not but SC isn't netural in our country right now.
@Mehran: This means there will be no delimitation in Karachi as it was never an explicit order.
Once again, historic decision by SC. We want a peaceful Karachi and we want free and fair elections in Karachi. Thank you SC for playing such a historic role. After this order, ECP must not waste time and should start delimitation process in Karachi. Every institution should obey SC orders. If PM Gilani can be ousted because of not following orders why not others?
“the Supreme Court has not ordered the election commission to carry out Karachi’s delimitation. What was that.
so what was all the fuss about?