Punjab govt reluctant to restore LGs tribune.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribune.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Punjab reluctant to restore local governments
Local govt representatives to file contempt petition in Supreme Court on Monday
Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar. PHOTO: NNI
ISLAMABAD:
The local government (LG) representatives in Punjab are going to file a contempt petition against the PTI-led Punjab government which has failed to implement the Supreme Court’s order regarding restoration of Punjab’s LGs despite passage of two weeks.
On May 5, 2019, around 58,000 LG representatives in Punjab – 85% of which belonging to the PML-N – were sent packing – years before completion of their term – after the provincial governor signed the Punjab Local Government Act (PLGA) 2019.
The LG representatives later moved the apex court whose three-judge bench, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar, on March 25 passed a short order, restoring the LGs.
Senate elections to be held through secret ballot under Article 226: SC
Justice Yahya Afridi dissented with the majority opinion
A file photo of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
While declaring that secrecy of the ballot is not absolute, the apex court has thrown the ball in the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) court, asking it to take all available measures including the use of latest technology to guard against corrupt practices during the Senate elections.
“In order to achieve the mandate of the ECP in terms of Article 218(3) read with Article 220 and other enabling provisions of the Constitution and law, the ECP is required to take all available measures including utilising technologies to fulfil the solemn constitutional duty…
SC urges use of identifiable ballots for Senate polls: Attorney General
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Senate elections to be held through secret ballot under Article 226: SC
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan on Monday said that Supreme Court of Pakistan has urged Election Commission to use identifiable ballots for elections of Senate.
Khalid Jawed, while reacting to the apex court’s opinion on presidential reference on open Senate vote, SC’s opinion that secrecy of vote is not absolute is very important and now it depends on the ECP whether it will go with serial number or barcode on the ballot papers.
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