Inayatuallah Khan says that the village council will comprise a 2,000 to 100,000 population while neighborhood council will have 6,000 to 15,000 people ratio.
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government indicated on Saturday that it has finished final touches on a new local government setup framework ahead of the upcoming elections in the province.
Giving details on the system, the minister for local government and rural development Inayatuallah Khan told The Express Tribune that the system would employ village councils that will comprise of 2,000 to 100,000 population ratio while neighborhood councils will have 6,000 to 15,000 people ratio.
“The village council will have 10 members including five general, two women, one labourer, one farmer, one youth and one minority member,” he said, adding that the new draft will be discussed with coalition partners before sending it to cabinet for final approval.
Khan further said that the new draft will be very similar to the 2001 local government system.
The local government minister said it was decided to devolve powers to the grass root level in real terms and and to strengthen the village council. The council will supervise the police committee, governing body for basic health units (BHU), parents and teachers councils for schools, and will have powers over removing encroachment. A revenue committee will also be created to provide relief to the common people.
“We will encourage steps to redress problems through jirgas,” said Khan, adding that central leaders of the allied parties will be briefed on the new draft after Eid while local government elections will be held by the end of October.
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sir,,i have a question ,can you tell me what is the requirments of candidante who is standing for local body election,what documents should be needed fot this election.reply me i am waiting.
I had no doubt that PTI is a collection of musharraf loyalists. Adopting of 2001 local government order of former military dictator proves it once agian.
I would call it administrative revolution in the making.
@ahmer: please respect others if you want to be respected. Jirga is our cultural value and our elders make dicisions there. We respect our elders more than our live, I hope you respect yours too if you have one.
Surprisingly the draft has not been sent to the Opposition Leader in KPK as yet and there can be no meaningful consultation unless opposition is taken into confidence. It seems that PTI wants to bulldoze everything the same way it's Lifetime Chairman bulldozes all decision making in the party. After series of failures in eradicating corruption & terrorism in 90 days, the praising songs from PTI trolls are not something unexpected!
The taliban sympathizers strengthening their jirga system which has been used for abuse and intimidation. Another step backwards for naya pakistan. And another eye opener for those that still doubt pti s taliban leanings.
@Samiullah khatir:
are you sure? PTI has been promising this system well before election...
I am not a big PTI supporter but I admire the fact that they have been able to keep their promise of implementing a local government structure. This is the only way the poor people of Pakistan can be made better of as it takes power away from the landed gentry and into the hands of ordinary people. I hope other provinces follow suit.
Nice job... That's why all of a sudden the MAFIA is active. They do not want this grass root changes.
With this "wise move " corruption in KPK will go up 10 times .
IK will destroy KPK just like he destroyed department cticket in Pakistan.
@Multan: Ooo for God Sake! A little bit of appreciation won't give u AIDS!
Well done, an appreciating initiative from PTI led government in KP yet all the appreciation goes to this man belongs to JI. No doubt he is experience one in KP ministers
Capturing the culprits of Jailbreakers in D.I Khan is more important thing to do.
Good. Please don't draw any controversy and do party based elections, unlike the joke PMLN is pulling in punjab.
Nice move. Let's see how it progresses.
Well Done PTI - Another promise deliver