Lahore (Pakistan News): The Lahore High Court has accepted a request for an early hearing of petitions challenging the decision to hold local government elections in Punjab on a non-party basis.
Justice Sultan Tanveer Ahmed heard an application filed by Sheikh Imtiaz Mahmood and other petitioners.
The court directed the relevant High Court office to schedule the main case for hearing within the next 10 days.
The petitioners argued that the Punjab government had indicated that local government elections would be held on November 7. However, the decision was to conduct the electoral process on a non-party basis, while government officials had also been granted extensive powers in election-related matters.
The petition further alleged that development funds were being distributed unfairly.
The petitioners have requested the court to direct the Punjab government to conduct local government elections on a party basis instead of a non-party basis.