KARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday expressed its willingness to the Sindh High Court (SHC) to delay the local bodies (LB) elections in the Sindh province.

During the hearing of the petition filed by MuttahidaQaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui for legislation in order to empower the local governments, the provincial government in its reply said that if the polls were held on time, the legislation as demanded by the MQM-P would not be possible.

“Similarly, the demarcations of constituencies will also not be possible,” the Sindh government’s counsel said. The court, on the occasion, directed counsel for the MQM-P to submit a reply to the minutes of the selected committee meeting.

Later, the SHC adjourned the hearing of the case until June 20, 2022.