Voting underway for much-awaited Karachi,Hyderabad LG polls sans MQM-P - LG Election 2023- GEO NEWS

Grass-root level polls are finally taking place in Karachi and Hyderabad after a delay of two-and-a-half years

KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: The polling for much-awaited local government (LG) elections in Karachi and Hyderabad Divisions is underway. The polling began at 8am and will go on till 5pm.

This is the second phase of Sindh's LG polls which is being held in seven districts of Karachi and nine districts of the Hyderabad division, with over 3.4 million people exercising their right to vote to elect their local governments.

The grass-root level polls are finally taking place after several delays, postponements and uncertainty for one reason or another over a period of two-and-a-half years. However, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), which is one of the most popular parties in the two cities boycotted the election as their demand of holding the LG polls on new voter lists wasn't fulfilled.

The party announced the boycott on Saturday night after the failure of day-long consultations over the demand with the provincial government, which itself made the last ditch efforts earlier in the day to further delay the LG polls in Karachi and Hyderabad citing security concerns.

However, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) didn't budge from the Sindh government's letter to request deferral and decided to hold the polls as per schedule.


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