Municipal elections will be held in Punjab? Devolution of power will happen at the lower level?

Analytical report ( 94 News Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri) According to confirmed reports, the Election Commission has once again decided to tighten its belt for local elections in Punjab. The Election Commission has also sent letters to the Punjab government regarding the local body elections. The Election Commission has sent these letters to the Chief Secretary, Secretary Local Government Punjab. In these posts, these instructions have been issued to the Punjab government that the legislative process related to local body elections in the province should be completed as soon as possible. Legislation related to local body elections and Punjab Local Act should be made. Because holding local elections is a constitutional requirement. In its defense, the Election Commission has taken a surprising and ironic stand that the local body elections in Punjab were postponed due to the general elections. While the municipal elections have been completed in three provinces except Punjab. The Election Commission has also decided to call a meeting on matters related to the local elections of Punjab. The Election Commission has also sought the status of legislation from the Punjab government regarding EVMs and i-voting. 27 In April, the Election Commission has directed the Punjab government to immediately inform the Election Commission about the progress regarding the legislation so that the local elections can be held in the province immediately. A letter has also been written to Chief Secretary Punjab and Secretary Local Government and Community Development Department Punjab on behalf of the Election Commission. In which it is said that the primary responsibility of the Election Commission is to conduct local government elections in the provinces. Apart from Election Commission Punjab, he has fulfilled his responsibility in other three provinces. It should be noted that on behalf of the Punjab Government 2019 It has not been possible to hold local body elections in Punjab due to frequent changes in local government laws. Which is a flagrant violation of the Constitution of Pakistan and the orders of the Supreme Court. Therefore, the Election Commission has ordered that the Election Commission Secretariat be immediately informed about the legislation so that the Election Commission can take further action for the local body elections in Punjab. According to a news, the Election Commission of Pakistan 28 April 2024 An election monitoring and control center has been established for the convenience of the public in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa supplementary local elections for the post of Chairman Tehsil Council. According to the confirmed information and details so far, the schedule of local elections in Punjab is likely to be released soon. . It is expected that the local body elections will begin in June 2024 Start with Municipal elections will be held in phases in all districts across Punjab. There is a possibility of June 16 in the Union Council comprising of Multan, Lodhran, Sargodha, Wahari, Bahawalnagar, Leh, Rajanpur. In these municipal elections, the people will directly elect the union chairman and councilors. It should be remembered that the final date of local body elections was announced two years ago in the same way 21 It was done on February. But it turned out to be a complete drama and a game of hypocrisy. The Election Commission office in Lahore had no information about the date and details of the nomination papers, nor did the concerned staff sitting in the Towns Courts or the Assistant Commissioner have any knowledge or knowledge about the account number or nomination papers of the Election Commission. Work was done. This game was played on behalf of the Election Commission and the Punjab government to deceive the local body candidates or else the pretense of local body elections was made to throw dust in the eyes of the public. This secret has not been revealed till now. Our ruling class, our ruling political parties are gone 76 Over the years, a stable and sustainable local government system has not yet been established. As many times as local body elections have been held, they have been held during martial law periods. Former President General Ayub Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq, General Pervez Musharraf established local bodies for their political ambitions. And to extend his power, he organized local body elections. The structure and composition of local government system kept changing every time. The political provincial governments could not even prepare a draft of the Local Act on a permanent basis regarding the local government system. 2018 Tehreek-e-Insaf got the public mandate in the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the general elections of Before Imran Khan came to power, he used to make big claims about the local bodies and the local body system. Tehreek-e-Insaf took over the supreme power in Punjab in October 2018 Municipal bodies of Punjab have been merged. The constitutional and constitutional rights of local government representatives of Punjab province were revoked. During the period of Tehreek-e-Insaf, local body elections could not be held in Punjab province for four years and no Punjab local act could be prepared and compiled by PTI's Punjab government. Imran Khan's popularity is not the result of any great achievement, any high plan or good performance, but this strong public support comes under the category of blind imitation and personality. The worship workers of the deity must question the members of the National and Provincial Assembly belonging to Tehreek-e-Insaf about the local body system and the continuous postponement of the local body elections. The political parties involved in the PDM movement continued to demand immediate general elections, but unfortunately, the leadership of PML-N, Shehbaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz, did not want to restore local bodies in Punjab and hold new local elections. The demand was not made anywhere. People's Party has never mentioned local government system in its manifesto. It was a basic requirement of the vote-honoring narrative that timely local body elections should be held in Punjab. Local elections last time 2005 It was held during the reign of General Pervez Musharraf. Despite the claims of the PML-N 2013 could not hold local body elections in the districts of Punjab province. On the orders of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Khawajaji, across Punjab, October 2015 Municipal elections were held on But these municipal elections were nominal. The pretense of the elections of the crippled local government system was created to deceive the local government representatives. The PML-G government and the provincial assembly members were the biggest obstacles in transferring the powers to the lower level. Not a single meeting could be held in any union council across the province. The registered proceedings of the meeting were void. Few powers were with the union chairman. The Lord Mayor of the Lahore Metropolitan Corporation returned to the royal position. The local bodies, union councils were completely handed over to the mafias of the Revenue Chongi. Billions of rupees of funds allocated for local bodies in the provincial budget have gone to the coffers of the bureaucracy. Funds worth billions of rupees were wasted in non-developmental works and other unnecessary expenses. 2021 In May, local bodies of Punjab were temporarily restored as Khanapuri. But local body representatives have not been given any powers. December 1st 2021 The drama of restoration of local bodies was played once again. This time also PTI's Punjab government has committed violation of Supreme Court's order. The main opposition political party of Punjab, Muslim League-N, did not support the local bodies and local body representatives in the constitutional and legal battle. in principle 14 May 2022 کے صوبائی انتخابات سے قبل صوبہ پنجاب میں بلدیاتی انتخابات منعقد ھو جانے چاہئیے تھے ۔ لیکن افسوس کہ الیکشن کمیشن اور اتحادی حکومت میں شامل سیاسی جماعتوں نے نہ ھی اس میں کوئی دلچسپی لی اور نہ ھی کسی موقع پر سنجیدگی کا مظاہرہ کیا ۔ الیکشن کمیشن کو نہ جانے اچانک کیا سوجی کہ حکومت پنجاب کو صوبہ بھر میں بلدیاتی انتخابات کے فوری انعقاد کا مراسلہ جاری کردیا ہے ۔ جبکہ ابھی تک یونین کونسلز کی ساخت ؤ تشکیل نہیں کی جا سکی ہے ۔ حلقہ بندیاں ھوئی ھیں ، نہ ھی پنجاب لوکل ایکٹ کا مسودہ تیار ھوسکا ھے ۔ رواں مالی سال کے بجٹ کا ابھی اعلان بھی نہیں ھوا ھے ۔ سالانہ صوبائی بجٹ میں مختص کی گئی رقوم کے بغیر پنجاب بھر میں بلدیاتی انتخابات کیسے منعقد ھوسکتے ھیں ۔ بلدیاتی انتخابات کا فیصلہ شاید پنجاب کے حالیہ ضمنی انتخابات نتائج دیکھنے کے بعد جزباتی طور پر کیا گیا ۔ ممکن ہے اس کے پیچھے سیاسی نظام کی بساط لپیٹنے کا کوئی اندیشہ لاحق ہو ۔ وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب مریم نواز دانشمندانہ فیصلوں کی بجائے اپنی گڈ گورننس جلدی پیش کرنے میں تیزی دیکھانا چاھتی ھیں ۔ لیکن یہ تیزی نقصان دہ بھی ثابت ھو سکتی ھے۔ اس سے کئی قسم کے سیاسی مسائل اور چلینجزز بھی پیش آسکتے ہیں ۔ ھوسکتا کسی طاقت ، کسی طاقتور بااثر شخصیت نے بلدیاتی انتخابات میں مسلم لیگ ن کو شاندار کامیابی کا پختہ یقین دلایا ھو ۔ خدا نخواستہ یہ اندیشہ درست ھے تو پھر آئندہ کے متوقع بلدیاتی انتخابات میں ایک مرتبہ پھر فارم 47 He will be anxious and eager to show his virtues and charisma. Because the Election Commission has become a tool. His remote control is no longer in his own hand. The regulator of the Election Commission is now looking like someone else. The interesting and noteworthy thing is that the party ticket of PML-N is given to its supporters, royalists, notorious ex-representatives in future local elections or else it issues tickets to the sincere workers of PML-N keeping in mind the basic principles of merit. It will be known during the municipal elections. All the political strategy, political thinking, democratism of the PML-N will come forward automatically.

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