The relevant law stipulates that local body polls should be held within 120 days after the completion of fresh delimitation of constituencies. The elected representatives of the previous LG set-up in Sindh completed their four-year tenure on Aug 30. He had stated that the 1998 census was still in force in Sindh, so fresh local government elections could not be held on the basis of more than two-decades-old census. On the face of it, the provincial government’s stance on LG elections looks justified. To the electorates, the LG polls have not been denied altogether; they have only been delayed.

Source: The Express Tribune September 18, 2020 18:44 UTC