PESHAWAR: Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday has suspended the decision of Peshawar High Court (PHC) regarding postponement of second phase of local bodies elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
During the proceedings, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) lawyer told the court that PHC had deferred the schedule of the polls without listening to the arguments of the commission.
Meanwhile, Justice Ayesha Malik remarked that the high court should have listened to the stance of election commission before announcing the decision.
On February 4, 2022, PHC had postponed second phase of local bodies election in KP that was scheduled to be held on March 27.
