Sindh to hold phase-wise local governement polls

The CM says provincial government intends to avoid the mismanagement witnessed in K-P during the polls


Z Ali June 08, 2015
PHOTO: AFP

SEHWAN: After the mismanagement witnessed during the local government elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Sindh government has decided to hold polls in the province spread over three phases.

This was stated by chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah while speaking to the media on Monday evening after formally concluding the 763rd Urs ceremonies of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan.

Shah said that the provincial government intends to avoid the mismanagement witnessed in K-P during the recent polls.

However, he did not clarify whether the government has forwarded the recommendation to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Read: Violence-marred local government polls leave 9 dead across K-P

Shah said that after the Supreme Court's order, elections will be held by September 30.

Earlier, the CM laid floral wreaths at the shrine of the Sufi saint and offered prayers.

On May 30, violence-marred elections in K-P left as many as nine people dead and over 30 injured during clashes in the province.

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