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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Tuesday that the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected local bodies representatives will be held on January 14. According to a notification, the chairmen, vice-chairmen and councilors of union councils will be administered oath in their respective areas either by Additional District and Sessions Judges, Returning Officers or Presiding Officers.
According to the provincial ECP record, there are a total of 1,175 union councils (rural areas), 351 union committees (urban areas), nine municipal corporations, 36 municipal committees, 148 town committees and 1,175 districts and one metropolitan corporation in 29 districts of Sindh.
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Meanwhile, the ECP also determined the number of reserved seats for women, youth, labour and minorities in each council, but said it would ‘shortly’ announce the schedule for election on those seats. According to the ECP, 33 per cent women will be elected on reserved seats in each council while five per cent will be the quota for youth, women and minorities’ seats.
Sharing details about the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, provincial election commissioner Tanveer Zaki said there will be 308 council members which include 209 directly elected chairmen of union committees, 69 women on reserved seats and ten members of minorities, labour and youth. Regarding the Karachi district council, Zaki said it comprises 38 union councils, which means 38 directly-elected members, 13 women members, and two members each on labour, minority, and youth seats. “We will soon announce the date for the election on reserved seats,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 13th, 2016.
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