K-P govt to face consequences if LG elections not held on time: CJ
All provinces except K-P announce dates for LG elections: Nov 27 for Sindh and Dec 7 for both Punjab and Balochistan.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. PHOTO: FILE.
ISLAMABAD:
During a hearing regarding the local government (LG) elections Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry stated that if the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) do not take place on time, the provincial government will have to face constitutional consequences, Express News reported on Wednesday.
The provincial government of K-P asked the Supreme Court to allow more time for it to make necessary arrangements for the LG elections.
K-P Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak had mentioned earlier that it would not be possible for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold local body polls in the province this year.
He had made these remarks after attending the party’s core committee meeting on October 3 in Islamabad. At the meeting, he had said that the recent wave of terror in K-P province forced the government to procrastinate on local body elections, making it difficult for the party to quickly move forward.
“It’s almost impossible to hold local body polls in 2013, we still have to do a lot work on it,” he had told The Express Tribune, adding that polls will be held in February next year.
“Back to back three terrorist attacks in Peshawar have created hurdles in our way to precede lawmaking process on local bodies’ government system,” he had further added.
LG elections in Punjab and Balochistan will take place on December 7 while in Sindh they will take place on November 27.
During a hearing regarding the local government (LG) elections Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry stated that if the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) do not take place on time, the provincial government will have to face constitutional consequences, Express News reported on Wednesday.
The provincial government of K-P asked the Supreme Court to allow more time for it to make necessary arrangements for the LG elections.
K-P Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak had mentioned earlier that it would not be possible for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold local body polls in the province this year.
He had made these remarks after attending the party’s core committee meeting on October 3 in Islamabad. At the meeting, he had said that the recent wave of terror in K-P province forced the government to procrastinate on local body elections, making it difficult for the party to quickly move forward.
“It’s almost impossible to hold local body polls in 2013, we still have to do a lot work on it,” he had told The Express Tribune, adding that polls will be held in February next year.
“Back to back three terrorist attacks in Peshawar have created hurdles in our way to precede lawmaking process on local bodies’ government system,” he had further added.
LG elections in Punjab and Balochistan will take place on December 7 while in Sindh they will take place on November 27.