KARACHI: In all likelihood, the local bodies elections scheduled for October 31 in Sindh will see further delays. The provincial government has objected to the election authority’s powers to create over 90 new union councils in 15 districts, it emerged on Tuesday.
Local Government
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday observed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seems to have wrongly suspended the Prime Minister’s Kissan Package.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) deferred on Sunday the election process in different union councils (UCs) of Rawalpindi district in pursuance of the order of Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad has written a letter to the chief secretaries of Punjab and Sindh, asking them to ensure the returning officers and district returning officers must remain neutral during the upcoming local bodies polls.
KARACHI: Almost all of the opposition parties have demanded that the local government elections be conducted under the supervision of Pakistan Army.
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct the local government (LG) elections in Islamabad on the scheduled date, November 30.
KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said the Sindh government will have no objection if the Election Commission decides to deploy the army to hold the upcoming local bodies’ elections in the province.
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Wednesday passed the Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2015 with a majority of votes after all the objections raised by the Opposition were turned down.
LAHORE: The minorities yesterday staged a demonstration against the Punjab government for passing a ‘discriminatory law’ of Local Bodies Act, 2015, in front of provincial assembly on The Mall.
ISLAMABAD: After the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) directions to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce a fresh schedule for Local Government (LG) elections in Punjab, ECP’s adherence to old schedule has created confusion everywhere.
KARACHI: Several prominent leaders of various political parties on Wednesday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming local government elections in the city, parties and officials said.
KARACHI: Rejecting the prevailing rumours of a possible alliance with other political parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday announced that it will fly solo in the upcoming local bodies’ elections scheduled for December.
LAHORE: The returning officer will start scrutiny of the nomination papers of candidates for the local bodies’ election of Sindh and Punjab on Thursday (today).
KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have largely agreed on seat adjustments for the upcoming local bodies elections in the city.
ISLAMABAD: After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)’s decision to suspend certain provisions of the Kisan Package, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday directed to move the Supreme Court over the suspension of the package.
