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ECP freezes development funds of LG departments

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ISLAMABAD:  The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has frozen the development funds of all local government departments.

According to the notification issued by the ECP, the development funds of the local government departments have been frozen until the announcement of the results of the general elections.

The notification states that the local governments will only carry out the day-to-day affairs of sanitation and cleanliness, but no local development scheme will be announced or worked on.

The notification further states that local governments and cantonment boards will not award tenders till the results of the general elections.

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ECP finalizes arrangements to hold LG elections in Karachi

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ECP finalizes
  • ECP will announce the reserved decision on January 09.
  • CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja reserved its verdict on Friday.
  • ECP has rejected MQM-P’s allegations regarding dual voter lists.

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalized all the arrangements to hold the local government (LG) polls in Karachi and Hyderabad on January 15.

Sources said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the reserved decision on holding the repeatedly-delayed local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad January 09.

The ECP had reserved verdict on petitions filed by MQM-Pakistan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) over local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.

The ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja reserved its verdict on Friday.

Sources said that the Election Commission has rejected MQM-P’s allegations regarding using dual voter lists and completed all preparations for the LG polls in Karachi and Hyderabad. The local body elections in Sindh’s two most populous cities will be held on the old voter lists.

It should be noted that the CEC, during the hearing on MQM’s request, said that local elections in Karachi could not be postponed anymore.

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Sindh govt amends Local Government Act to delay polls

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Sindh LG elections

KARACHI: The second phase of the Local Government (LG) elections are likely to be delayed once again after the Government of Sindh removed a legal impediment in postponing the polls. According to reports, the decision was made during talks between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) regarding the municipal elections … Read more

CEC says Punjab government won’t hold local government polls

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CEC says Punjab government won't hold local government polls

(ECP) special secretary stated that constituency delimitation had been done twice. CEC Raja asked the chief secretary to guarantee LG elections under the new law. “No government is willing to conduct LG elections,” he said. CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja said no Punjab government would hold local government elections. The News reported that a three-member bench … Read more

SC rejects MQM’s plea on conducting Sindh LG elections

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sindh LG polls

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a plea by the Mutthaida Quami Movement (MQM) to stop holding local government elections in Sindh. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Umar Atta Badial sought a reply from Sindh government on the matter. MQM’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem asked the … Read more

PTI eyes LG polls, by-election in Karachi after winning Punjab polls

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PTI Chairman Imran Khan

KARACHI: After emerging victorious in the Punjab by-elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has set its sight on the upcoming local government elections in Karachi. In this regard, PTI Chairman Imran Khan has issued important instructions to the party leaders to win the municipal elections in Karachi at any cost. He has also issued instructions regarding … Read more

Traders suggest Lahore markets’ beautification project

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beautification project

LAHORE: A delegation of traders led by Chief Minister’s Coordinator for Trade and Business Affairs Nasir Salman has suggested a pilot project for beautification and improvement of infrastructure in 15 major markets of Lahore. The delegation called on Chief Secretary Punjab Kamran Ali Afzal where it discussed the problems of the community and provision of … Read more

Charsadda’s choices

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Like other major cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) also faced defeat in the recently held local government (LG) elections in Charsadda district.  It is, however, not the first time that people of the district changed their political choices over a period of time. The district has been considered a stronghold … Read more

PSP vows to protest against local government law in Sindh

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Mustufa Kamal demands betterment of Karachi

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal vowed on Saturday to protest against the local government law introduced by the PPP-led Sindh government. “We will campaign against it” vowed Kamal while addressing his party’s protest against the Local Government Amendment Bill in Karachi’s Orangi Town. He urged the city’s mothers, sisters and elders to … Read more

Erstwhile political foes in Karachi join forces against new LG bill passed by PPP

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KARACHI: Politics in Sindh has feverishly been revolving around the Local Government (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which was passed with a majority by the PPP-dominated provincial assembly last month and returned to the legislature by the governor earlier this week without assent. Conferences, protests and meetings have been organised by opposition parties to chalk out strategies … Read more

Sindh Cabinet includes changes ‘advised’ by governor in LG law

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Sindh Cabinet on Friday approved amendments to Sindh Local Government Act 2013 with certain changes advised by Governor Sindh Imran Ismail, announced provincial government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab. “Sindh Cabinet has today approved amendments to SLGA 2013 with certain changes advised by governor Sindh,” tweeted Wahab after the cabinet meeting. #Sindh Cabinet has today approved amendments … Read more

Muttahida leader questions PPP’s intentions behind new LG amendment bill

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KARACHI: Mohammad Hussain Khan, a senior member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), joined the then Mohajir Qaumi Movement’s student wing, the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organization (APMSO) in 1983 in Mirpurkhas. Later on, he joined the MQM in 1984 and worked as the joint unit in charge and the joint organizer at the Sindh University … Read more

Sindh Local Bodies bill stirs up storm  

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KARACHI: There is a general impression in the city that efforts to unite different factions of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) are being made at a time when the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has passed the Sindh Local Bodies (LB) Government (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the provincial assembly recently. The opposition parties including the Pakistan … Read more

Punjab Cabinet approves Local Government Act, 2021

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Lahore spots

LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet on Tuesday approved the Punjab Local Government Act, 2021 along with other important legislation in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. The new local governance system aims to empower people through devolution of power at the grassroots level. Apart from this, the cabinet also granted in-principle approval to the … Read more

Sindh govt’s unilateral actions to immensely damage economy: minister

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medical assistance to Palestine

ISLAMABAD: The unilateral actions of the Sindh government, contrary to the directives of the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) and the Federal government, would cause immense damage to the national economy, a senior government official said on Saturday. In a video statement, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry said that the … Read more

SHC orders to destroy vegetables cultivated in sewage water

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SHC orders to destroy wegetables cultivated in sewage water

Local government officials have been asked by Sindh High Court to destroy all vegetables that are being cultivated in sewage water in farms located near Karachi. A petition was filed in the court against the growth of vegetables in sewage waters near the Malik Ravine. Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar has ordered the Deputy Commissioner Malir … Read more

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