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KARACHI:
The Election Commission of Pakistan has been barred from printing the ballot papers for 11 recently delimited constituencies of Karachi till April 26.
The Sindh High Court bench, headed by Justice Maqbool Baqir, extended the stay which was earlier put in place on the plea of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. On March 22, the ECP issued a notification to redraw the constituencies of three National Assembly and eight Sindh Assembly constituencies in Karachi - NA 239, NA 250, NA 254, PS 89, PS 112, PS 113, PS 114, PS 115, PS 116, PS 118 and PS 124.
The ECP’s decision was challenged by the MQM through a petition on which the Sindh High Court had reserved its verdict on April 8.
Before the court announced its judgment, MQM’s Barrister Farogh Naseem went to court again on April 11 to complain the voter lists in these constituencies have already been sent for printing. The court had noted that the printing of ballot papers for the 11 constituencies should not take place until April 21.
On Wednesday, the matter was fixed before the bench which was already burdened with the cases relating to the candidates nominations. Extending its previous stay order, the bench directed the office to fix the case on April 26.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 25th, 2013.
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