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Summary The court also remarked EC has not done its job to hold local bodies polls.
The court remarked that the Election Commission was responsible for not holding local bodies’ polls.Whenever the provincial governments are asked as to why they did not hold the local bodies’ polls, they point to incomplete voters list as the reason for delay, observed the court.The EC has become a government body, added the court. Chief Justice said that EC has become a post office. No candidate has ever been probed for over-spending in the polls.The court also expressed annoyance over the absence of EC’s joint secretary. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain said the poor of the country were running this country while the rich and mighty living in expensive neighborhoods were selfish.Deputy Attorney General told the court that the laws were in place and it was only a matter of implementing them.
