ISLAMABAD: Following amendments to the Islamabad Capital Territory Native Authorities Act, 2015, the Election Fee of Pakistan has postponed the native physique elections, which had been scheduled to be held on October 9, till additional discover.
“The Election Fee of Pakistan has determined to droop the election programme issued vide its notification No. 20/8/2024 for holding of Native Authorities Elections in Islamabad Capital Territory, till additional orders,” a notification issued right now stated.
On August 29, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari assented to the Islamabad Capital Territory Native Authorities (Modification) Invoice, 2024, after it was handed within the Nationwide Meeting and Senate amidst sturdy protests from the opposition.
Within the new draft legislation, the federal government elevated the variety of common seats on union councils from six to 9, and the variety of ladies’s seats from two to 3, in keeping with Information.
As per the modification to Part 7 of the Islamabad Capital Territory Native Authorities (Modification) Invoice, 2024, the Election Monitoring Authority will divide the union councils into 9 divisions for electing members to common seats. Earlier, there have been six divisions within the union council.
Below the substitution in Article 15, all 9 common members of every union council are straight elected by the registered voters of the union council involved.
In the meantime, the modification to Article 17 changed the phrase “Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1976” with the Electoral Act, 2017.
One other modification to Article 11 said that there could be a md and vice-chairman of the union council as joint candidates, 9 common members, one girl, one farmer, employee, businessman or technocrat, one youth member and one non-Muslim member.
Earlier, the Election Fee – in response to requests from political events – rescheduled the elections to October 9 as a substitute of September 29.
“To facilitate the participation of assorted political events and potential candidates within the electoral course of and supply them with all potential amenities, the Election Fee has formally notified the revised election programme, in keeping with which polling will now be held on October 9, 2024,” an announcement stated.
