Pakistan, July 8 -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday again warned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the federal authorities against delaying local government (LG) elections, directing them to submit all pending delimitation notifications ahead of the next hearing on July 28.

The ECP took up separate cases regarding the conduct of LG polls in KP and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

In the KP case, the KP chief secretary and LG secretary appeared before a four-member bench headed by Member Sindh Nisar Ahmed Durrani. In the Islamabad case, the Islamabad chief commissioner and deputy commissioner were present.

In a five-page order, the bench noted that KP was not providing "meaningful assistance" as mandated b...