SC okays ECP's new schedule for LB polls

ISLAMABAD -  Supreme Court has accepted the new schedule for local bodies polls proposed by the Election Commission of Pakistan.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the petition in this regard today (Wednesday).
In a letter forwarded to SC Registrar, the Election Commission had suggested that local government elections in Punjab should be held on January 30, 2014, Sindh 18 January and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in February.
The commission also proposed that elections in cantonment boards of all the provinces should be held in February. However, polls would be conducted in Balochistan as per schedule on December 7.
Later, the apex court directed the Election Commission and provincial governments to decide the dates for the local bodies’ elections through mutual consultations.
Meanwhile‚ the Election Commission says it has cancelled the previous schedule for local bodies’ polls in Sindh and Punjab.