President’s consent: Extension of K-P Local Government Act approved
Approval enables local government institutions in provincially administered areas.
ISLAMABAD:
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday approved the extension of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2012, under Article 247(3) of the Constitution, enabling the establishment of local government institutions in Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata).
Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said on Monday that a summary, initiated by the Ministry of States & Frontier Regions (SAFRON), stated that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Home & Tribal Affairs Department, with the approval of the K-P governor, had forwarded a proposal for the extension of the act.
SAFRON requested the prime minister to advise the president to approve the draft notification for the extension of the said act. President Zardari, thus, approved the draft notification, which reads: “In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (3) of Article 247 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Governor of the Province of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, with the approval of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is pleased to direct that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2012 (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Act No VIII of 2012), as in force in the Province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa immediately before the issuance of this notification, shall apply to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas of the Province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with immediate effect.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2012.
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday approved the extension of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2012, under Article 247(3) of the Constitution, enabling the establishment of local government institutions in Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata).
Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said on Monday that a summary, initiated by the Ministry of States & Frontier Regions (SAFRON), stated that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Home & Tribal Affairs Department, with the approval of the K-P governor, had forwarded a proposal for the extension of the act.
SAFRON requested the prime minister to advise the president to approve the draft notification for the extension of the said act. President Zardari, thus, approved the draft notification, which reads: “In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (3) of Article 247 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Governor of the Province of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, with the approval of the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is pleased to direct that the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2012 (Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Act No VIII of 2012), as in force in the Province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa immediately before the issuance of this notification, shall apply to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas of the Province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with immediate effect.”
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2012.