Election Commission Announces Reserved Verdict on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Elections; Directs Immediate Scheduling of Polls in All Districts With Completed Delimitations Except Emergency Zones
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has officially declared its fixed verdict for local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) ahead of the elections.Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has officially declared its reserved verdict for local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) before elections.
The five-member bench led by the Chief Election Commissioner gave the judgment, which states that local body elections should be held in all the districts where delimitation of the constituencies has been completed (except in the districts in the emergency rule).
The following are some of the main highlights of the ECP’s verdict on the KP local government elections.ECP’s verdict on KP local government elections has the following highlights.
Immediate Election Program: The Election Commission in its formal decision, directed the secretariat to prepare and publish an election programme for the eligible districts at the earliest.
Exclusion of Emergency Zones: The ECP stated that only specific districts in which the emergency has been officially declared will continue to be exempted from the electoral schedule this time.
Administrative Delays Resolved: The ruling clears the hurdle that the grassroots polls have been delayed in some districts because of administrative and delimitation delays, clearing up uncertainty on the local government system in the province.