KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the Sindh government to hold local body elections within a period of 90 days, DawnNews reported.

A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Nadeem Ahmed and Justice Faisal Arab, of the court directed the provincial government in its ruling on a petition filed by Sukkur’s former Nazim, Nasir Hussain, two years ago.

The bench ruled that the provincial government was constitutionally bound to hold the local body elections.

Local government elections have not taken place since the tenure of the last government ended in 2009.

Moreover, on several occasions, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has observed that holding local government elections was a constitutional obligation.

Earlier in April, the chief justice was quoted as saying that under the constitution the government was bound to hold local government elections.

Moreover on May 1, Advocate Generals of all provinces presented reports to the chief justice on the issue of local government elections.