ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started the delimitation of constituencies for local body elections in Punjab.
According to the ECP, boundaries of the districts have been frozen, and the transfer of officers involved in the process of delimitation has also stopped across Punjab. The Election Commission issued guidelines to the Punjab government wherein it has been said that no change can be made in the boundaries of the administrative units.
The guidelines prohibit the transfer of officers appointed in the Constituency Committee or convener of the Election Commission. Moreover, the work of constituencies of union councils for local government has also been accelerated.
The Constituency Committee of the Election Commission will make the constituencies of the union councils. It has also been said that the delimitation of the union councils will be done on the basis of districts, tehsils, patwar circles, revenue states. The commission has thus started the delimitation of constituencies of the union councils.
