Punjab Govt. to conduct Local Body Elections on non-party basis

Thursday, May 31st, 2012 9:06:42 by

Punjab Govt. to conduct Local Body Elections on non-party basis

Lahore: (Thursday, May 31, 2012) The government of Punjab has decided to hold the local body elections on non-party basis.

According to the details, in a cabinet meeting here today, the government not only gave approval of non-party base LB elections, but also approved the Local Government Ordinance 2012.

The provincial government called on a meeting having Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in the chair today to mull over the issue.

Bringing change in the local government structure, the cabinet decided to fix a quota for women and youth in the respective local governments. As per details, the quota allows 33 percent reserved seats for women while 5 percent
reserved seats for youth.

Besides other major initiatives, the cabinet also discussed in detail and gave approval to the Mayor, Chairman Agriculture Councils and Deputy Commissioners’ systems.

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