KARACHI: Two days before the local government elections in Badin and Sanghar, the Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday transferred its key officials in the two districts due to unspecified reasons.
Local Government
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim on Wednesday granted an opportunity for arguments to the counsel of Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan on a petition challenging his candidature and chairmanship of Union Council 107.
KARACHI: Ahead of much-awaited mayoral elections, the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, with the support of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, managed to change the procedure of indirect local government elections from ‘secret ballot’ to ‘show of hands’ by amending the Sindh local government law on Tuesday.
KARACHI: Terming the frequent amendments to the local government law by the Pakistan Peoples’ Party ‘rigging’, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement asked the Election Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday to stop the amendment bill that changed the election procedure for mayor, deputy mayor and others from becoming law.
SIALKOT: As many as 212 women would be elected on reserved local bodies seats and play a key in the development of Gujranwala Division.
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday announced the polls schedule for filling up the seats reserved for women, labourer/ worker, youth and non-Muslims in the local government institutions of Sindh from union councils up to the metropolitan corporation as provided under Section 18 of the Sindh Local Government Act, 2013.
LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Monday the schedule for election to reserved seats in union councils, district councils, municipal committees, municipal corporations and the Lahore metropolitan corporation.
ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called for devising a mechanism for setting up local governments in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Monday that the mayor of Karachi would only have such powers which were enshrined for the post in the Local Bodies Government Act, 2013.
RAWALPINDI: Polling for reserved seats of Rawalpindi and Murree municipal corporations as well as the Rawalpindi district council will be held on February 8.
FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has rejected the allegations of not transferring power to new elected representatives of local bodies (LB).
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N on Saturday clinched two-third of the reserved seats in Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation (IMC).
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Friday that the party’s intra-party elections would be completed before April 25.
KARACHI: Delimitation of certain constituencies made by the provincial government in Tando Adam and Sanghar for the upcoming local government elections was cancelled on Thursday by the Sindh High Court that also ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to revise them within seven days.
KARACHI: Like other parts of the province, the oath of office was administered to over 1,500 newly elected members, chairmen and vice chairmen of the local bodies institution in Karachi’s six districts.
