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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday again warned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the federal authorities against delaying local government (LG) elections, directing them to submit all pending delimitation notifications ahead of the next hearing on July 28.
The tenure of LGs in KP ended on March 15.
Briefing the commission on Tuesday, the KP chief secretary said maps of 23 districts had already been provided and delimitation had been completed. In compliance with the July 1 order, he said maps of the remaining 15 districts had also been submitted. He added that notifications for seven districts had been provided, while those for the remaining eight districts — Karak, Hangu, D.I. Khan, Paharpur, Upper South Waziristan, Lower South Waziristan, Swat and Buner — would be submitted after provincial approval.
The ECP directed that notifications for the eight pending districts be submitted before July 28 so that delimitation could begin in all districts and timely polls could be ensured.
Regarding Islamabad, the chief commissioner said a summary seeking notification of the town corporation limits and the number of union councils in each had been sent to the PM Office. PM Shehbaz Sharif on Monday allowed the summary to be circulated for cabinet approval.
The commission noted that three key documents were still awaited for the ICT: the notification of the town corporation limits along with maps, the notification of the UCs in each town corporation, and legislation under the ICT LG (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026.
Noting that delimitation in 23 KP districts was complete, the commission ordered a consultative meeting on July 14 under Section 219(3) of the Elections Act to annou-nce the poll date.
Published in Dawn, July 8th, 2026
