Summary Election Commission has also suggested phase wise local body in the past
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Punjab and Sindh government demanded that local body elections in the provinces be held in phases. Election Commission has decided to forward the demands in front of Supreme Court for a final verdict, reported Dunya News.
In light of Supreme Court’s decision, local body elections were to be held on September 20 yet 2 weeks before the schedule was to be issued, provincial governments have demanded that local body elections should be conducted phase-wise.
In the letter addressed to Election Commission, the provincial governments have argued that due to administrative issues and law and order situation, the local body elections should not be conducted in one day. The letter states that in order to hold the elections in one day, a large number of polling officers and security personnel would be required.
Sindh government has asked for elections to be conducted in 3 phases while Punjab has asked for 2 phases. According to sources, Supreme Court will take notice of the demands put forward by the provincial governments.
Prior to this, Election Commission had also suggested phase wise local body elections in Sindh and Punjab.
