ISLAMABAD: Senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have demanded to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for its failure to comply with the orders of Islamabad High Court (IHC) and hold local government elections in the federal capital today (Saturday Dec 31).
The Islamabad High Court on Friday had set aside ECP’s notification of postponing the local government polls scheduled for December 31, and had ordered both the federal government and the ECP to hold the polls on time.
Also read: IHC orders ECP to hold Islamabad Local Government elections tomorrow
However, the ECP filed an intra-court appeal, challenging single bench verdict of Islamabad High Court (IHC). The ECP prayed to the IHC to fix the hearing of its petition for today, and suspend the single bench’s verdict.
Also read: ECP files intra-court appeal, challenges IHC verdict on LG polls
In a video message, senior PTI leader Asad Umar strongly criticized the ECP and the government, and demanded to try the electoral body for committing contempt of court.
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تحریک انصاف کا الیکشن کمیشن کیخلاف سخت کارروائی کا مطالبہ
اسلام آباد میں بلدیاتی انتخاب اور الیکشن کمیشن کی جانب سے عدالتی حکم کی کھلی توہین پر اسد عمر نے الیکشن کمیشن کیخلاف سخت کارروائی کا مطالبہ کر دیا pic.twitter.com/zPprvjW1Zv— MM News (@mmnewsdottv) December 31, 2022
Another senior leader Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter and shared photos of voters standing in long queues outside polling stations across Islamabad. He said despite clear IHC orders, elections had been withheld and the the (federal) government, fearing the power of vote, was mocking the public and the constitution in connivance with the Election Commissioner.
اسلام آباد میں ووٹر پولنگ اسٹیشن کے باہر کھڑے ہیں لیکن عدالت کے واضع احکامات کے باوجود انتخابات روک دئیے گئے ہیں،ووٹ سے خوفزدہ حکومت اپنے کٹھ پتلی الیکشن کمشنر کے ساتھ ملکرعوام اورآئین کا مذاق اڑا رہی ہے، عدالت اپنے فیصلے پرُعملدرآمد کروائے اورتوہین عدالت کی کاروائ کی جائے pic.twitter.com/1CFWaF7COm
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) December 31, 2022
