Office-bearers’ retirement: ECP postpones LG by-polls

PESHAWAR: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed local government by-elections scheduled for July 18 in various districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The action was taken in light of the retirement of ECP office-bearers. Previously, ECP issued a schedule for the fourth LG by-polls to fill in vacant general seats in territorial wards of district and town councils as well as different categories of neighbourhood/village councils. The by-elections were scheduled for July 18 in Peshawar, Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, Karak, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, DI Khan, Tank, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Upper Dir and Lower Dir. ECP K-P Spokesperson Sohail Ahmad told The Express Tribune the LG by-elections were postponed due to the retirement of ECP officials. He said the next schedule would be announced later after the completion of new appointments.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 17^th, 2016.