Election Commission's statement regarding local body elections l Fatima Rajput

ECP) turned down a petition of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), announcing the elections for local governments in Karachi and Hyderabad will be held as per schedule on January 15. The verdict was pronounced by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja on an MQM-P petition challenging the decision of the agency for the prospective use of two separate electoral rolls in the upcoming elections simultaneously. The party had challenged the decision of the ECP for the prospective use of two separate electoral rolls in the local government polls simultaneously.