Earlie­r, canton­ment boards held party-based electi­on in April 2015RAWALPINDI: The powers of the elected representatives of 44 cantonment boards across Pakistan have been withdrawn in the wake of upcoming district elections scheduled in April. Earlier, the cantonment boards held party-based election in April 2015 in which 90 percent of the elected representatives hailed from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). However, the elected representatives could not exercise powers in accordance of the Cantonment Act 1924 as all boards had a resident station commander with a veto power for all decisions. On the other side, meetings of the public representatives in Rawalpindi and Chaklala cantonment boards were declared in-camera with restrictions on media coverage. The measure remains in place to this day while Rawalpindi and Chakala cantonment boards with ten wards each have 20 PML-N representatives and one Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) representative.

Source: The Express Tribune March 10, 2019 19:12 UTC