The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday disposed of the contempt-of-court application filed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) against the report filed by the Sindh police that lead to the postponement of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections in Karachi, as the petitioner withdrew from the application.
The SHC division bench consisting of Justice Muhammad Athar Saeed and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar heard the application seeking contempt proceeding against the Sindh police for submitting a controversial report over the law and order situation during the polls on two general seats of Kashmiri migrants in Karachi scheduled for July 20.
Petitioner’s counsel Advocate Qazi Khalid appeared before the bench and submitted the application to withdraw their prior application in the light of the Kashmir High Court’s decision.
The application filed by MQM contestant Saleem Butt had challenged the report submitted by the DIG headquarters, suggesting postponement of the polls scheduled to be held on July 20 on grounds identical to the previous one.
The petitioner, moved through Butt’s lawyer Muqeem Advocate, submitted that on July 4, a division bench of the SHC disposed of a constitutional petition, while issuing directives to take decision regarding holding the polls after taking stakeholders into confidence.
The SHC ruled that before sending or generating any letters asking delaying the elections, respondent Sindh government would take the petitioners into confidence and even in case of a disagreement, the report could be sent to the authorities concerned. The applicant had stated that in violation of SHC orders, the respondents moved a report requesting the elections authority to postpone the polling scheduled to be held on July 20 to a later date.
