Foul play?: Increase in UCs challenged in LHC
Petition filed by local lawyer, urged court to cancel delimitation as new UC will only benefit ruling party.
Lahore High Court. PHOTO: LHC.GOV.PK
RAWALPINDI:
The increase in the number of union councils in Rawal Town was challenged in the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday.
The number of UCs in Potohar Town has also been increased from 36 to 38. Another petition against the increase in UCs of Rawal Town is expected to be filed today (Saturday) by former nazim Raja Rashid Shafiq.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2013.
The increase in the number of union councils in Rawal Town was challenged in the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday.
A petition filed by Chaudhry Noor Khan, a local lawyer, urged the court to cancel the delimitation as the new union councils (UC) will only benefit the ruling party. He said the government has increased the number of UCs in the town from 46 to 55.
The petitioner urged the court to direct the government for formulation of a uniform policy to ensure an equal number of voters in each union council.
He said the number of voters in new UCs is from 7,000 to 10,000 while the number of voters in old UCs is 14,000 to 20,000. “The delimitation is an attempt of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz to please its candidates who lost the general elections,” he said.
The number of UCs in Potohar Town has also been increased from 36 to 38. Another petition against the increase in UCs of Rawal Town is expected to be filed today (Saturday) by former nazim Raja Rashid Shafiq.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2013.