The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that under the existing local government law, the local bodies elections could not be conducted in Punjab, a private news channel reported on Friday. The Punjab Local Government Act 2019 was passed by the provincial legislature in May this year. The provincial local bodies law doesn’t declare the Neighborhood Council or Punchayat a local council entity but a separate act has been passed for it, the ECP said. According to the report, the ECP said that only elections of those entities could be conducted, which are described in Punjab local councils’ law. The ECP after a thorough review of the local bodies law will provide its recommendations to Punjab government, the report added.

Source: Pakistan Today July 19, 2019 16:07 UTC