KOHAT, Aug 15: The voting on the no-confidence motion against the district nazim will be held here on Saturday, a government notification states.

Polling stations have been established at the Government High School No4 and Comprehensive High School to facilitate councillors in this regard.

The union council nazims have already passed the no-trust move a week ago.

The polling, the notification said, would be held between 8am and 2pm.

According to the notification issued by the local government secretary, 567 votes would be counted although a number of councillors’ seats were still vacant.

The opposition required 284 votes out of total 567 for passing the no-trust motion. Members, abstaining from the voting, would be as being against the motion while those supporting the district nazim are not required to cast their votes.

Meanwhile, a large number of councillors differed with their nazims’ decision for the removal of the district nazim.

Councillors said that they would not support the motion as the UC nazims had not consulted them in this connection, they announced their intention to take disciplinary action against their nazims at an appropriate time.

Councillors from the 27 union councils were speaking at a joint press conference here.

Reposing their confidence in the district nazim Malik Asad, they accused the UC nazims of having had moved the no-trust move against the district nazim after he refused to award them contracts.

Terming charges levelled by union council nazims flimsy, they said that the district nazim had been charged of being arrogant and not having allocated funds judiciously in the district.

They said that these charges were insufficient to remove a district nazim and go for fresh polls.

District nazim Malik Asad stressed the need for changing the local government ordinance, he said that two-third majority should be made mandatory to remove a district nazim as a large number of the elected candidates were illiterate and could easily be easily influenced by vested interest groups.

He said women councillors, who had no role in the election of the district nazim, should be barred from voting in this regard.