ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold local government polls in Punjab in April next year.
In its announcement made a while ago, the ECP said local government elections in Punjab would be held in the last month of April 2023.
The announcement came just two weeks after the Election Commission had issued directives to concerned authorities to complete the arrangements for holding local government elections in Punjab.
In a meeting held in Islamabad on Nov 15, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja had asked to convene meeting of Minister Local Government Punjab, Chief Secretary Punjab and Secretary Local Government to facilitate the holding of local government elections.
The Election Commission was at that time informed that the draft rules had been received by the Punjab provincial government, while other documents including data and maps have not been provided to the Commission.
The Election Commission took strict notice of this and expressed displeasure that the Election Commission has already completed the process of constituting constituencies twice. It said the expenses incurred on making constituencies proved to be a burden on the national treasury.
He had said that no government in Punjab was willing to hold local body elections as constituencies had already been delimited twice in the province and now they have to be delimited a third time.
