ISLAMABAD: The elections of the Sindh Bar Council are being held today after notification for postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic was revoked.
Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin and Returning Officer Sindh Bar Council Election had withdrawn his circular dated 26th November after which the election is being held as scheduled.
The returning officer said that no member would be allowed entry to cast votes in the polling area without wearing a mask and will have to provide satisfactory evidence of being enrolled with the SBC.
He said the notification of postponing the elections has been withdrawn after a delegation of senior members from the PBC and SBC expressed concerns over the postponement.
The delegation assured that the standard operating procedures for COVID would be observed in the elections. He said the notification of postponement has been withdrawn and elections will be held on schedule 28th November.
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has appreciated has welcomed the decision. PBC Vice Chairman and Chairman Executive Committee Abid Saqi and Azam Nazir Tarar had expressed satisfaction over the decision of Advocate General Sindh.
They said that unrest created among advocates in general and candidates in the ensuing election of SBC due to issuance of circular regarding postponement of the election has come to an end and the election of the bar council will be held simultaneously with elections of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan and Islamabad bar councils.
Polling stations have been set up in Karachi in open areas of the SHC premises in order to contain infections from the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 10,000 members are expected to cast their votes in Karachi and similarly around 10,000 members are expected to cast votes in other cities of the province.
