ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Islamabad High Court ne Jumme ko darul hukoomat mein baldiyati intikhabat ke liye Election Commission of Pakistan ka schedule muattal kar diya, jo 20 December ko hone thay.
Aik shehri Amjad Ali ki darkhwast par hukm-e-imtina jari karte hue adalat ne commission ka 21 October ka notification bhi muattal kar diya, aur commission aur deegar fareeqain ko notice jari kar ke 26 November tak jawab talab kar liya, jab case ki dobara samaat hogi.
Darkhwast mein mauqif ikhtiyar kiya gaya hai ke halqa bandiyan aik aise qanoon ke tehat ki gayin jo ab nafiz nahin. Is saal jari hone wale aik ordinance ne Islamabad mein teen town corporations banayin aur union councils ki tadaad 125 se barha kar 130 kar di, jinki hudood mardam shumari blocks ki bunyad par tay ki gayin. September mein ordinance ki muddat khatam hone par 2015 ka Local Government Act dobara nafiz ho gaya, aur 21 October ko commission ne isi ke tehat intikhabat karane ka faisla kiya.
Darkhwast guzar ke wakeel ne mauqif apnaya ke commission ne bahal shuda qanoon ke taqaze ke mutabiq 125 union councils ko nau nau wards mein taqseem nahin kiya, aur nai halqa bandiyon ke baghair intikhabat karana aain ke Article 218(3) ki khilaf warzi aur awami paise ka ziya hoga.
Council ke baghair paanch saal
Islamabad mein February 2021 mein guzishta baldiyati council ki muddat khatam hone ke baad se koi muntakhib maqami hukoomat nahin, halanke Elections Act ke tehat 120 din ke andar naye intikhabat lazim hain. Iske baad se commission chhe baar halqa bandiyan kar chuka hai aur chaar baar intikhabi schedule jari kar chuka hai. Is saal 15 February ko polling ka schedule January ke ordinance ke zariye nizam mein tabdeeli ke baad wapas le liya gaya tha.
Yeh faisla iske aik din baad aaya jab Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja ne wafaqi hukoomat par intikhabat ko sabotage karne ki koshish ka ilzam lagaya tha, jisne asatiza ko intikhabi duty se rok diya tha, aur kaha tha ke intikhabat schedule ke mutabiq honge.
