LG polls face delay as KP govt denies ECP local bodies data
(WorldNews Pakistan)

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is dragging its feet on the holding of local body elections in the province as it has failed to provide the required data to the Election Commission of Pakistan despite the issuance of six reminders. The KP Local Government Act, 2013, provides for the holding of elections within 120 days of the completion of the tenure of local bodies. However, sources told Dawn that since the LGs tenure came to an end on August 28, the ECP had approached the provincial government on at least six occasions to furnish the data required for the...