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ECP to issue schedule of LG polls despite Punjab’s reluctance

Pakistan Published 16 October 2026, 05:31 · archived 16 Oct 2026

ISLAMABAD: Less than two months after expressing its willingness to hold local government elections in Punjab on the dates falling between the coming 15 December and 15 January, the provincial government has declined to hold these elections in Pakistan’s largest before April next year, it has emerged. Rejecting this decision, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to issue forthwith the schedule for Punjab LG elections. In addition, the poll body has also decided to immediately issue LG polls schedule for all the 42 cantonments located across the country, stating that Prime Mini...

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