RAWALPINDI: A Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench, which had struck down the new delimitation of union councils for the upcoming local bodies (LB) elections in Rawalpindi Division on October 2, on Tuesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to “announce a fresh election schedule after undertaking and completing the proceedings of delimitation”.
Local Government
LAHORE: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak yesterday accused the Election Commission of favouring the ruling party and advised the election authority to set its direction right.
LAHORE: PTI leaders Mahmoodur Rashid and Chaudhry Sarwar have alleged that the body of a party candidate for councillor from UC-84 bearing torture marks was recovered from the canal on Monday, demanding early arrest of his killers.
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan on a petition challenging release of development funds by the Punjab government after the local government elections schedule in the province.
KARACHI: The Sindh chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) announced on Monday to boycott the upcoming local government election, scheduled for December 3, said provincial president Haleem Adil Shaikh.
KARACHI: The federal government has been using the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) to try and influence the outcome of upcoming local government election in Thatta and Sujawal districts.
As many as 1,475 candidates will contest upcoming LB polls for 20 union committees, 47 union councils, two municipal committees and four town committee seats of Larkana District.
BAHAWALPUR: The ruling PML-N may not have the best of chances of making an impact in Bahawalpur’s local government polls due to groupings and rifts at various levels.
ISLAMABAD: The much-touted local government system is yet to take off formally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) team has traced a number of major lacunas in the proposed rules of business and also suggested amendments in the Local Government Act.
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday has sought reply from Punjab government for issuing development projects’ funds after announcement of local body (LB) schedule.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has initiated the process of dealing with the references sent by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against 51 of its councillors for allegedly not voting for the party’s nazims and deputy nazims in the recently-held local bodies polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
KASUR: Police on Saturday arrested a man conducting a survey regarding the upcoming local bodies election and collecting data about “favourite candidates” in each union council.
RAWALPINDI: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday declared null and void the delimitation done in the Rawalpindi Division for the upcoming local government elections.
LAHORE – Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Ijazul Hassan on Thursday said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is an autonomous institution and can decide regarding postponement of local body (LB) polls in Muharram.
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday denounced the farmers’ relief package announced by the prime minister as a violation of ECP code of conduct and barred the government from implementing it, Dawn News reported.
