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Friday, November 22, 2024  
20 Jumada Al-Awwal 1446  

AJK elections:MQM petition hearing adjourned

The Sindh High Court on Tuesday in response to a petition filed by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said that it will take any decision after the result of Azad Kashmir High court as they came under the election commission’s jurisdiction.

The court was hearing a petition filed by the MQM against alleged government interference in and the deferment of elections for the Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly seats in Karachi.

The petition was heard by justice Athar saeed and justice Aqeel Ahmed abbasi. Petitioner Saleem Butt, a serving member of the AJK Legislative Assembly belonging to the MQM, appeared in court with his lawyer Barrister Farogh Naseem.

The court has also summoned the copy of a similar petition filed by the MQM in Muzaffarabad High Court.

The hearing has been adjourned till July 1.