An important meeting on preparations for the local body elections was held under the chairmanship of AJK Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Ghulam Mustafa Mughal, an official press release said.
Senior Election Commission Member Khawaja Muhammad Ahsan, Member Syed Nazir-ul-Hasan Gilani, Secretary Ayaz Bashir, Election Commissioner Local Bodies Raja Rashid Mahmood and Superintendent Local Bodies Raja Mukhtiar Hussain attended the meeting.
The commission decided to recommend necessary amendments in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Local Government Act, 1990 regarding the holding of local body elections. A committee was also constituted to prepare recommendations after examining local government election-related legislation in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh.
It was further decided that an estimate of the budget required for holding the local government elections would be prepared and submitted to the government. The commission maintained that conducting local government elections is its constitutional responsibility and that it was prepared to fulfil its mandate.
The last local government elections were held in Azad Kashmir in 2022 under the Local Government Act, 1990 and related election rules.
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