MQM takes Election Commission of Pakistan to Court

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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) approached the court on Monday to set records straight with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which redrew the electoral constituencies after the election schedule was announced on March 20, 2013.

Farooq Sattar filed a petition alleging that delimitation is invalid without a fresh census. Represented by Barrister Farogh Naseem, the petitioner argued that the ECP announced the elections schedule on March 20, 2013 and issued a notification to redraw three National Assembly and eight provincial assembly constituencies in Karachi two days later. He termed the process as legal stating that a notification for delimitation cannot be issued after announcing the schedule for general elections.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had issued orders on October 11, 2011, to carry out delimitation. MQM argues that the ECP should have completed the task after conducting fresh census and considering the changed stats. He requested the court to declare the notification null and void and that the electoral boundaries in the city shall be redrawn after the upcoming general elections.

Sattar said that the decision has tainted the integrity of Election Commission as the notification is unfair for the people of Karachi. He called the decision an attempt to steal the mandate of the MQM. On Monday, a Sindh High Court division bench, headed by Justice Maqbool Baqar, issued notices to the respondents and the attorney general of Pakistan. The hearing was adjourned to March 27.

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