The National Assembly on Tuesday echoed with calls for empowering local governments (LGs) as lawmakers stressed the need for reforms in the wake of the Gul Plaza fire. Besides members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), PML-N’s Khawaja Asif also favoured strengthening LGs for better city administration. Speaking on the floor of the NA, MQM-P […]
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Provincial Election Commissioner reviews arrangements for Sialkot by polls
Provincial Election Commissioner Punjab Ghulam Israr Khan has directed the district administration of Sialkot and concerned officials of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make all out foolproof arrangements for holding free, fair, transparent, impartial and peaceful by election in Sialkot constituency (PP 38,Sialkot-IV) scheduled to be held on July 28,2021. Provincial Election Commissioner stated […]
SC advocate demands end to LDA hegemony in private housing schemes
LAHORE: Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique has on Wednesday said that decision making by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) regarding control, sanction and regularisation of private housing societies is illegal. In an official reminder written to the related authorities, Siddique said that exercise of jurisdiction by the LDA for controlling, regularising […]