Local bodies elections would be held after delimitation: CM Sindh

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Local bodies elections would be held after delimitation: CM Sindh

SEHWAN (Dunya News) - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said that local bodies elections would be held after delimitation in the province.

Talking to media at Sehwan on Sunday, he said the delimitation will be held after census.

The Chief Minister said local bodies elections will be held within 120 days after the delimitation as per rules.

His statement comes after the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had recently said that LG poll in Sindh could not take place until a final notification of the population census carried out in 2017 was issued.

PPP Sindh president Nisar Khuhro the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was informed that even carrying out the delimitation of constituencies before the publication of the final report of the census was illegal.