Summary ECP orders local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and directs a schedule, with the 12 tribal districts excluded for now.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued an order on holding local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, directing that an election schedule be announced for the province.
A five-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja announced the reserved verdict on the matter.
The commission ordered local government elections in the province and instructed the relevant wing to submit a schedule for the polls.
According to the order, elections will be held in districts where delimitation has been completed, while a delimitation schedule has been ordered for districts where it has not yet been carried out.
The order also states that delimitation and local government elections will not be held for the time being in the 12 tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
