TOBA TEK SINGH: After the completion of the proposed delimitation of union councils and wards, the process of filing appeals ahead of the local government elections is in progress.

District Election Commissioner Mian Akbar Ali said on Tuesday appeals had been received against delimitation of 12 union councils so far. He said appeals could be filed till July 6 in Faisalabad before election commission’s judge Javed Rasheed Mahboobi.

He said the union councils and wards had been proposed on the basis of census of 1998. For the upcoming local government elections, 85 union councils had been set up for rural areas and 118 wards for urban areas.

Published in Dawn, July 1st, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play