Pakistan, Jan. 22 -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought responses from the federal government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on a petition filed by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) challenging the presidential ordinance delaying local government elections in the federal capital.

The hearing was conducted by Justice Muhammad Azam. During the proceedings, Jamaat-e-Islami Islamabad Ameer Mohammad Nasrullah Randhawa appeared before the court along with his counsel, Advocate Chaudhry Shoaib Ahmed.

During the proceedings, the petitioner's counsel argued that the presidential ordinance amending the Local Government law was unlawful and that holding local government elections should be the top priority of the Election Commiss...