July 25, 2021
Rawalpindi : Ninety-seven polling stations have been set up in Rawalpindi for the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections while as many as 1,500 police officers and constables would be deployed to ensure law and order and enforce the code of conduct issued by Election Commission.
City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Muhammad Ahsan Younas and Returning Officers on Saturday handed over the election material to the officers concerned in Garden College.
Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operations, Divisional SPs, SP Security, SP CIA, SDPOs, SHOs and all personnel who would perform election duty were present on the occasion.
The CPO directed the officers and personnel to effectively implement the Election Code of Conduct and all the rules.
In this file photo, banners of political parties displayed in Lahore during a local government election. Azhar Jafri/ White Star
ISLAMABAD: While the Supreme Court has ruled against dissolution of local bodies in Punjab, there seems to be no probability of restoration of the system before its term expires by the end of this year.
The apex court on March 25 through a short order had ordered restoration of local bodies in the province after declaring their dissolution unconstitutional.
The Punjab government had dissolved local bodies under Section 3 of the Punjab Local Government Act (PLGA) 2019 though the elections were held under the PLGA 2013 in phases in 2015 and 2016. The tenure of the elected local bodies was five years.
A file view of the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) offices. Online
RAWALPINDI: Terming the action of Mayor Sardar Naseem Khan and union council chairmen to break into the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) offices unlawful, the civic body officials have made a complaint to the commissioner who is also city administrator to take legal action against them.
On the other hand, Rawalpindi Mayor Sardar Naseem Khan said that he and union council chairmen had not done anything illegal and just opened his offices following the Supreme Court verdict given on March 25.
On July 8, Rawalpindi Mayor and Union council chairmen from both treasury and opposition went to RMC offices to get the charge of their offices after the announcement of detailed judgment of Supreme Court in which it restored the local government and asked the elected representatives to start work.
Rawalpindi Mayor Sardar Naseem Khan leads local government members to the RMC building to take charge on Thursday. White Star
RAWALPINDI: Mayor of Rawalpindi Sardar Naseem Khan failed to take charge of his office despite clear directions from the Supreme Court to restore the local government across the province.
The mayor, who is also the opposition PML-N metropolitan president, reached the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) to take charge of his office along with union council chairmen belonging to the PPP, PTI and the PML-N. But the administration locked the doors of his office.
Later, however, the administration opened the door of the mayor’s office but senior officials, including chief municipal officer Ali Abbas, left their offices as soon as the union council chairmen entered the office.
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