LB polls in cantonment areas to be held on Sep 15
Secretary Defence Asif Yaseen gives assurance to SC during the hearing of the case in this regard.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) The Government has assured the Supreme Court that local bodies elections in all cantonment areas will be held by 15th of September this year.
The assurance was given by Secretary Defence Asif Yaseen during the hearing of a case regarding delay in the local bodies elections in cantonment areas.
The three-member bench‚ headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry‚ which heard the case today asked the Secretary Defence to give written guarantee in this regard.
The court during the hearing observed that holding of local bodies elections in cantonment areas is a constitutional obligation and federal and provincial governments should not deviate from their responsibilities.
