Naushahro Feroze constituencies: ECP told to carry out immediate delimitation

The Sindh High Court ordered on Tuesday for the immediate delimitation of five provincial assembly constituencies and two national assembly constituencies of Naushahro Feroze within 30 days. The court rejected an earlier reply submitted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that sought to declare delimitation before a fresh census illegal.
The SHC issued the order on a petition filed by MNA Syed Mureed Ali Shah, an independent political figure, who said his relatives had won the general elections for the National Assembly and provincial assembly seats between 1936 and 2002 in the district. The court issued an order in this regards earlier as well, but it was not implemented following which MPA Zafar Ali Shah had filed another petition in the SHC seeking delimitation of Naushahro Feroze constituencies based on their population. Both petitioners had contended that the previous delimitation had taken place to serve the interest of a particular political party. In its reply, the ECP said that according to the Constitution, delimitation was not possible before conducting a fresh census.