Punjab Election Commission proposes LB polls in phases
Pakistan Times National News Desk

LAHORE: The Punjab Election Commission has proposed that in the first phase, local bodies elections should be conducted in two divisions of Lahore and Rawalpindi completely and in Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions partly.

Sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan said the Punjab office had earlier planned to conduct local bodies elections in the first phase in the remaining divisions of the Punjab and decided to hold elections in Lahore and Rawalpindi in the second phase.

However, the ECP directed the Punjab office to make preparations for holding elections in Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions in the first phase.

As such the Punjab Election Commission sent the plan of holding elections in Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions and four districts of Dera Ghazi Khan and Multan divisions.●