LAHORE – The Punjab government was planning to hold elections of Panchayatsand Neighborhood Councils by June 2020 for which work on the delaminationof Local Bodies would start in the next month.
It was stated by the Punjab Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs andLocal Government Raja Basharat while presiding over a meeting of CabinetCommittee on Transition of Local Bodies system on Wednesday.
Secretary Local Government (LG) Saif Anjum and Additional Secretary LGShahid Zaman briefed the meeting pertaining road map of the transitionprocess.
Raja Basharat said that the new local government system was a beautifulreflection of the prime minister’s vision and assurance of the transfer ofpower to the grassroots level.
He directed the departments to make efficient efforts to succeed the newLocal Government system.
He also directed the local government department to start work ondelimitationimmediately and take solid steps to remove objections raised by ElectionCommission of Pakistan on the Local Government Act 2019.
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Earlier, in the briefing, it was told that the divisional as well asdistrict transition teams would assist the provincial transition team andcommittee in execution oftransition plan.
It was further told that working groups comprising departments concernedwould be made to develop interdepartmental communication channels.
The secretary LG told that after the completion of delimitation, theElection Commission would be contacted for further process.He said that the identification and distribution of assets, staff andoffices would likely be completed by the end of this year.
