Share:The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government’s plea for changing the schedule of the local government (LG) polls. The top court rejected the KP government’s plea to change the LG polls’ schedule. The apex court directed that LG polls will be held on party basis in KP province. Justice Umar Ata Bandial remarked that it is necessary to strengthen political parties to empower democracy and the political parties could not be excluded from a political process. He further sought the SC to allow the provincial government to change LG polls’ schedule if the court was not issuing the stay order.

Source: The Nation November 30, 2021 20:41 UTC