ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday declared void thedelimitation of eight districts by Election Commission of Pakistan.
Justice Umar Farooq announced the verdict on a petition against thedelimitations exercise and declared void delimitations of districtsBahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Jhang, Chakwal, Toba Tek Singh, Lower Dir, andBattagram after finding them in violation of the law.
The court announced verdicts on 40 petitions of the 108 complaints lodgedagainst delimitations.
The petitioners had argued that standard procedures had not been followedin the delimitation of the constituencies.
The ECP’s delimitations have faced severe criticism from political circles.A committee of the National Assembly had previously expressed itsdispleasure at the non-transparency of the exercise.