PPP expresses reservations on IHC, BHC, LHC decisions on delimitation of constituencies
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- Jun 01, 2018
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday expressed reservations on the decisions of Islamabad High Court, Balochistan High Court and Lahore High Court on nullifying delimitation of different constituencies in their jurisdictions, ARY News reported.
“The IHC, BHC and LHC decisions and timings are cause for concern particularly given nominations were to start tomorrow,” said senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan while addressing a press conference flanked by other party leaders including Sherry Rehman and Murad Shah in Karachi.
Emphasizing “principled” opposition to delay in elections, Aitzaz said delimitations of different constituencies were nullified by the IHC, BHC and LHC, so the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would now have to approach the Supreme Court over it which will raise reservations and likely cause delay in elections.
PPP held press conference emphasizing principled opposition to delay in elections. IHC, BHC & LHC decisions & timings cause for concern particularly given nominations were to start tomorrow. Parliaments authority undermined. KP CM letter & Balochistan resolution also of concern
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“Reservations would again find their places, if delimitations are marked again as people can find faults in new delimitations,” he said.
It appeared as if “some system” was pushing the process of elections in abeyance, he said adding that, “Elections should not be delayed. Nomination forms were supposed to be issued today and submitted tomorrow and if nominations could not be made on the delimitations nullified by the courts then all the time it will take to resubmission of forms will most likely delay elections.”