Governor Punjab signs Local Government Amendment Ordinance
The Punjab government decided to issue the Ordinance after Supreme Court's Order.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The governor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Wednesday signed the Punjab Local Government (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2014, Dunya News reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has been given the authority of demarcation and preparation of electoral list.
Punjab government has issued the ordinance after the signature and Dunya News has already obtained and published its copy.
As per the Ordinance, the ECP has been authorized to carry out demarcation in the municipal committees, corporations and district councils. ECP has also been authorized to prepare the electoral list. The commission will also be responsible to update the lists.
The Election Commission will form the wards for the general seats of municipal committees and will also carry out delimitations of the union councils.
The conflict arising of delimitation matters will be settled as per the federal law. The method of appeals will also be as per the federal law.
The Punjab government decided to issue the Ordinance after Supreme Court’s Order.
