Pakistan ECP Summons KP, Islamabad Officials Over Local Govt Polls Data Delay

ECP summons KP, Islamabad officials on July 1 over delay in local govt polls data

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has set July 1 as the deadline for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad authorities to submit pending maps and data needed for local government (LG) elections. The tenure of LGs in KP ended on March 15 this year. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2013, local representatives are elected for a four-year term. The term of the last LG in Islamabad expired in February 2021, and since then, elections have been delayed under va...

By [email protected] (Iftikhar A. Khan)