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ECP orders immediate local body polls in KP districts demarcated, sans those under ARDC

📍 Islamabad, PK·🕐 5h ago·2 outlets

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday ordered local government (LG) elections to be held immediately in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts where delimitation had been completed, excluding those included in the 12 districts with special emergency measures. A day earlier, the ECP had reserved the verdict after hearing the provincial government’s request to defer local government elections, citing law and order, the imposition of emergency and deployment of troops under Article 245. The federal government on Oct 11 imposed emergency in KP and placed the province under…

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