First phase of LG polls to be held on October 10, followed by second and third phase on Nov 29 and Dec 19. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) revised the date for the first phase of Local Government elections in Sindh and Punjab.
According to a statement available with The Express Tribune, the ECP in its meeting on Wednesday decided the first phase of LG elections in Sindh and Punjab will be held on October 10, 2015. The poll schedule will be issued on August 21, the statement added.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday had directed the top electoral body to fulfill its constitutional obligation and organise LG elections in Sindh and Punjab.
Heading a three-member bench of the apex court, Chief Justice Jawwad S Khawaja asked the ECP’s lawyer to discuss holding the elections in three phases with political parties.
Read: ‘Discuss phased LG poll plan with Political parties’
Earlier on August 12, the ECP had submitted a proposed schedule for conducting local government (LG) elections in Punjab and Sindh from November 11 in three phases.
According to the proposed schedule, the first phase of LG polls will be held on November 11. The second and third phases will be held on November 29 and December 19, respectively.
In the first phase, LG polls will be held in 12 districts of Punjab, which include Lodhran, Vehari, Okara, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Toba Tek Singh Sargodha, Kasir, Nankana Sahib, Gujarat, Rawalpindi and Attock.
In Sindh, the first phase will see polls being held in eight districts including Sukkur, Ghotki, Khairpur, Larkana, Qamber Shahadkot, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and Kashmore.
Read: ECP presents phase wise schedule for LG polls in Sindh, Punjab
In the second phase, the ECP has proposed LG elections will be held in 12 districts of Punjab, including Khanewal, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Chiniot, Khushab, Mianwali, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Chakwal and Jhelum.
For the second phase in Sindh, the election authority has proposed polls in 14 districts, including Shaheed Benazirabad, Nowshehro Feroze, Dadu, Matiari, Jamshoro, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Umerkot, Tharparkar, Sanghar and Mirpurkhas.
In the last phase, the commission has suggested polls in 12 districts of Punjab, including Pakpattan, Layyah, Rajanpur, DG Khan, Muzzaffargarh, Jhang, Bhakkar, Lahore, Sialkot, Narowal, RY Khan and Multan.
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