Khyber Pakhtunkhwa :
The government had requested for a change in the schedule of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, the Supreme Court rejected the government’s request for a change in the schedule of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A three-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the case against the decision of Peshawar High Court regarding local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Release is already two years late.
Justice Omar Ata Bandial remarked that elections on party basis lead to disintegration in communities. It is necessary to strengthen political parties to strengthen democracy. He remarked that parties cannot be excluded from political process. Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Chief Justice remarked that political parties cannot be excluded from the political process.
During the hearing, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah remarked that no political party came to the court. Political parties should come and say that the decision of the High Court is causing harm. Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa told the court that I have no room, if the court does not give a restraining order, then allow the date of the election to be changed. Justice Omar Ata Bandial remarked that we are strongly against changing the date. Later, the court heard the case indefinitely. Postponed
It may be recalled that on November 2, a three-member larger bench had declared unconstitutional the holding of elections for rural and mahalla councils on non-partisan basis and directed the Election Commission to hold elections on party basis. Take necessary steps to hold elections on the basis that holding local body elections on non-partisan basis is against Article 17 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan had released the schedule for the first phase of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 25. The notification issued by the ECP said that polling in the first phase of local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be held on December 19.
