CM Usman Buzdar forms body to fix LG polls date

LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has constituted a committee headed by the Provincial Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Social Welfare, Raja Basharat, to determine the date for holding the local governments’ elections in the province.

Other members of the committee include the provincial finance minister, chief secretary, secretaries of local government, finance, law and advocate general Punjab. The committee will convene a meeting immediately and propose the anticipated date for the LB elections and other recommendations to the chief minister within a week.