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  Local government elections should be postponed until foolproof security arrangements are in place: Sindh government's stand / file photo KARACHI: The Sindh government has written a letter to the provincial election commissioner to postpone the local body elections to be held tomorrow. In a letter written by the Sindh government to the Provincial Election Commissioner, it has requested to postpone the local body elections scheduled for January 15 in Karachi and Hyderabad. The Sindh government's letter has said that there are security problems and any untoward incident can happen, so the municipal elections should be postponed until fool-proof security arrangements are in place. Earlier, the national security agencies have also expressed serious security concerns regarding the local elections in Sindh and have recommended the Election Commission to postpone the election phase of January 15. According to sources, a meeting of sensitive institutions was held in Karachi on Friday

  The meeting will discuss the political situation and decisions related to the constituencies of the Sindh Cabinet: Sources/Screengrab Karachi: MQM has called an emergency meeting of the coordination committee on the issue of local body elections. According to the sources, an emergency meeting of the coordination committee was called at 3 o'clock in which the political situation and decisions related to the constituencies of the Sindh cabinet will be discussed, while the meeting with the Sindh chief minister last night will also be discussed. According to the sources, the future line of action and organizational issues including other issues will be discussed in the meeting. Sources say that Dr. Farooq Sattar, Mustafa Kamal and Anees Qaim Khani will also participate in the meeting.

  In a meeting chaired by the Chief Election Commissioner, a decision was taken regarding the local body elections / file photo Islamabad: The Election Commission, rejecting the decision of the Sindh government, has decided to complete the second phase of local body elections in the province on January 15. In the meeting held in the Election Commission under the chairmanship of the Chief Election Commissioner, the issue of local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad was considered. Order of the Election Commission The Election Commission has also issued its decision regarding the second phase of the local body elections in Sindh, in which it has been stated that the notification of the Sindh government is a violation of the SLGA law, and the second phase elections in the province will be held on January 15. Chief Secretary and IG Sindh should make fool-proof security arrangements. The Election Commission has directed the secretary and special secretary to reach Karachi and said that

  Photo: File It is being said on behalf of the Sindh provincial government that the number of Sindh police is less for the security of the standard set by the Election Commission of Pakistan for the local body elections.  In this regard, Inspector General Police Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon informed Geo News about the security arrangements and available personnel of Sindh Police. According to Ghulam Nabi Memon, not a single polling station was cleared normally by the Provincial Election Commission of Pakistan in relation to the recent local elections of Sindh. A total of 1340 polling stations in Karachi were declared the most sensitive while 3 thousand 655 polling stations were declared sensitive. have gone  In Hyderabad division, 1005 polling stations have been declared most sensitive while 2 thousand 874 polling stations have been declared sensitive.  Thus, a total of 2 thousand 345 polling stations in Karachi and Hyderabad are the most sensitive while 6 thousand 532 are sensitive.  Acco

   Sindh government exercised its authority regarding local body elections: Information Minister's conversation with GeoNews / file photo KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon has said that the Sindh government is reviewing the Election Commission's decision regarding local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. Talking to Geonews, Sharjeel Memon said that the Sindh government used its authority regarding the local body elections, we respect the decision of the Election Commission and are reviewing the decision. He said that the Army and Rangers have apologized for the security of the local government elections, while the deployment of the Army and Rangers in the elections is the authority of the Federation.

  The national security agencies have informed the Election Commission that there are security concerns for the local elections in Sindh, so the elections should be postponed - Photo: File The national security agencies have expressed serious security concerns regarding the local elections in Sindh and have recommended the Election Commission to postpone the election phase of January 15.  According to sources, a meeting of sensitive institutions was held in Karachi on Friday evening, in which serious concerns were expressed about the local body elections in Sindh. The national security agencies informed the Election Commission about the proceedings of the meeting and briefed the officials of the Provincial Election Commission on the security concerns for the local body elections in Sindh. It has been recommended by the institutions that the municipal elections on January 15 should be postponed. According to the sources, 17 security threats in Sindh, including Karachi, were discussed in

  Photo: File In view of the second phase of local body elections in Sindh on January 15, public and private educational institutions of the province will remain closed on Saturday. According to the Education Department of Sindh, public and private schools and colleges of Sindh will remain closed on Saturday, January 14, staff in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions will perform election duty. Secretary School Education Ghulam Akbar Laghari and Secretary College Education Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo issued a formal notification. This notification has been issued by the Sindh Education Department on the instructions of the Election Commission. A general holiday has been announced in schools and colleges in Thatta district tomorrow in view of the holding of municipal elections.

  The Election Commission has ordered to complete the second phase of local body elections in Sindh on January 15 - Photo: Geo News Whether local elections will be held in Sindh or not, the situation has not been clarified yet, but election materials have been delivered to the distribution centers in Karachi by the Election  Police and security agencies were also present during the transfer of election materials. It should be noted that the Election Commission has ordered to complete the second phase of the local body elections in Sindh on January 15, while sensitive institutions have recommended postponing the elections.

  Photo: File After the Election Commission's decision to hold local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad on January 15, a meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Secretary Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput. Officers of top military and civil institutions, Secretary Election Commission, Provincial Election Commissioner, IG Sindh, Additional IG Karachi and other high officials participated in the meeting. In the meeting, the Election Commission directed the Sindh government to make arrangements for the local elections and ensure the delivery of equipment to the polling stations from tomorrow. Apart from this, the Sindh government was directed to install secret cameras at the most sensitive polling stations and IG Sindh to send police personnel from other districts to the polling stations. In the meeting, the merger of MQM factions was also discussed. Police officials while giving a briefing said that MQM has threatened to stop the elections, MQM London faction is chalking

  Sources say that the MQM has started considering the options of separation from the federal cabinet and the government — Photo: File The Coordinating Committee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan has asked for the resignation of its National Assembly members. Sources say that in the coordination committee meeting held in Bahadurabad, MQM considered separation from the federal cabinet and government and other options. Sources say that an important announcement is expected from MQM in 24 hours. According to sources, 2 Federal Ministers and a Special Assistant of MQM have submitted their resignations to the MQM Coordination Committee.  The resignations of Federal Ministers Aminul Haq and Faisal Sabzwari have been submitted to the Coordination Committee. MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hasan says that some members of the coordination committee are of the opinion that if local elections are held on January 15, they should separate from the government. He said that I don't think that

  Photo: File Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rehman have contacted Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui separately after concerns of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaving the government. The coordination committee of MQM Pakistan has asked for the resignation of its members of the National Assembly, in the coordination committee meeting held in Bahadurabad, MQM considered separation from the federal cabinet and government and other options. MQM leader Khawaja Izharul Hasan said that some members of the coordination committee are of the opinion that if local elections are held on January 15, they should separate from the government. The final decision will be taken in the general workers meeting of MQM tomorrow.  The reservations will be removed tonight itself, Prime Minister assured Khalid Maqbool According to the sources, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif contacted Khalid Maqbool on MQM's consideration of leaving the government and assured to remove his concern

  Tomorrow's general workers' meeting will not be held due to security concerns: Aminul Haq - Photo: File Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) spokesperson says that tomorrow's general workers meeting has been postponed due to unavoidable reasons, the new date of the meeting will be announced later. Federal Minister and MQM leader Aminul Haq said that the option of resignations has been considered but things are progressing in a better way. It will not be considered.

   The claim that railway bogies imported from China are inoperable is completely wrong.  Three officials of Pakistan Railways confirmed that these bogies were operational and were run on Pakistani train tracks for 2500 km. Several social media users claimed that the 46 railway bogies Pakistan imported from China at a cost of $149 million were defective. This claim is completely false. Claim On January 3, a verified Twitter account posted that train bogies imported from China were not suitable for Pakistani tracks. A Twitter user wrote in his tweet that “88 Pakistani officers inspected/approved these bogies in China, they should be sacked after such a huge loss.  " On January 10, the tweet received 280,000 views and 3,610 likes on Twitter. On January 4, another Twitter user wrote that "Railway Minister bought $150 million worth of bogies from China which cannot run on Pakistani train tracks."  " Reality Three officials of Pakistan Railways have confirmed that all th

  Last week, former Prime Minister Imran Khan made several claims regarding the findings of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), one of which was that the JIT had found some evidence that the day Khan was attacked There were three armed assailants there that day. Claim In his January 5 video address, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan alleged that the joint investigation team formed by the Punjab government on November 15 had made the following revelations: • On November 3, three assailants opened fire on the gathering of Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. • Muazzam was killed by accident, as the gunmen's main target was Naveed, the main accused. Imran Khan said, "The polygraph test shows that Naveed lied about being in touch with only one person, there was a whole plan behind this [attack]. Imran Khan added that Naveed also lied about not being trained in pistol firing, he was a trained person. • And the claim that the assailant Naveed was a religiously