ISLAMABAD: The local government elections, which are supposed to be held before Aug 15 this year, seem to be in the doldrums as so far required amendment has not been made to Local Government Act 2015 to start the delimitation process.
The five-year term of the first ever local government in Islamabad ended in February this year and as per clause 29 (3) of the Act, an administrator appointed by the federal government will perform functions until the elected local government assumes office within a period of six months.
Administrator Syed Shafaq Hashmi is running the affairs of the local government in Islamabad.
Sources said the new elections cannot be held without making an amendment to the Act and the Election Commission of Pakistan has already written to the interior ministry for making the required amendment for starting the delimitation process.
During the five years, even no honorarium was given to the local government representatives elected from 50 union councils of Islamabad. AP/File
ISLAMABAD: The local government elections, which are supposed to be held before Aug 15 this year, seem to be in the doldrums as so far required amendment has not been made to Local Government Act 2015 to start the delimitation process.
The five-year term of the first ever local government in Islamabad ended in February this year and as per clause 29 (3) of the Act, an administrator appointed by the federal government will perform functions until the elected local government assumes office within a period of six months.
Ehsaas working to improve ecosystem for street hawkers: Sania Nishtar
March 4, 2021
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked in a meeting held at the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division (PASSD) in Islamabad on Thursday, aimed at setting up a collaborative framework for the forthcoming Ehsaas Street Hawkers’ Initiative.
The MoU was signed in the presence of the Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar.
The memorandum was signed by the Secretary PASSD Muhammad Ali Shahzada, the Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA), Amer Ali Ahmed, and the Chief Commissioner, the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA), the Administrator Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) Syeda Shafaq Hashmi and the Vice-Chancellor Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Dr. Nadeem-ul-Haque.