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LG elections to be held in Lasbela District on Sunday

LG elections to be held in Lasbela District on Sunday

LG elections to be held in Lasbela District on Sunday

LG elections to be held in Lasbela District on Sunday. Image: File

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  • Polling would start at 8 am and continue till 5 pm
  • 27 out of 146 candidates elected unopposed
  • Total 136,703 registered voters in Lasbella district
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Local Government Body elections will be held in Lasbela District, Balochistan on Dec 11 (Sunday).

Provincial Election Commissioner Balochistan Fiaz Hussain Murad said that all arrangements in this regard had been completed, adding that the polling would start at 8 am and would continue without a break till 5 pm.

He said that 22 polling stations have been declared sensitive. LG elections for 146 awards of 20 Union Councils and two municipal committees – Baila and Othel will be held.

However, 27 out of 146 candidates have been elected unopposed whereas the elections for 199 awards would be held.

There are total 136,703 registered voters in Lasbella district.

365 contestants are in the run for 119 awards’ elections.

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However, on Dec 7, Chief Election Commissioner said that no provincial government agrees to hold local government elections

Addressing a ceremony on the National Voters’ Day, CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja said that the provincial governments were used to change the laws and were not prepared to hold local councils’ elections. The election commission has taken steps this year to fulfill legal responsibilities.

“The provinces were changing their local government laws repeatedly, which caused delay in elections,” the CEC said.

“The first phase of the LG polls in Sindh was held on June 26, while the next phase of elections, in Karachi and Hyderabad, is going to happen on January 15,” he said.

“Electoral process was completed at 32 districts of Balochistan on May 29, while remaining elections will be held on Dec 31,” the CEC further said.

Sikandar Sultan Raja said that the ECP has twice completed election work in Punjab but repeated change in laws impede elections. “Whenever we conclude delimitations, the government amend the laws,” he said.

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“The local government elections in Punjab will be held in the last week of April,” he announced.

The Punjab government made bound to ensure elections in the last week of April, “The elections will be held under the previous law if the Act will be changed again,” he added.

Earlier, Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Umar Hameed Khan stressed that the commission has narrowed down the gender gap among voters and registered 3.6 million women voters.

The ECP with the help of non-government organizations (NGOs) working in Balochistan to narrow down the gender gap, he added.

It is pertinent to mention here, according to a media report, at least 3,263 candidates are contesting on 2,082 reserved seats for women in the second phase of local government elections.

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Meanwhile, 1,820 candidates submitted their nomination papers on farmers’ quota, said an official source. There are 902 seats allocated for farmers in the local government system of the province.

Around 1,807 people submitted their nomination papers for 902 seats of workers and 316 people would contest elections on reserved seats for non-Muslims.

In all union councils, 33 percent of seats have been allocated for women, 5 per cent for farmers and workers, 5 per cent seats for non-Muslims in the Local Government elections.

The polling for the reserved seats in 32 districts of Balochistan will be held on December 14 except District Quetta, Lasbela, Hub and Municipal Committee Haramzai in district Pishin.

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