PESHAWAR:
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) moved the Peshawar High Court against the KP government’s amendment to the rules for filling of reserved seats in the elected local bodies in the province on Tuesday, according to sources.
During the hearing into the ECP petition, a bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmed Seth and Justice Qaiser Rasheed issued notices to the provincial government and advocate general to clarify position on the matter.
By amending the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Councils (Conduct of Elections) Rules 2014, the government had empowered political parties to submit names of additional candidates apart from the list submitted against different categories of reserved seats in district and tehsil councils elections.
Zeeshan Munir Paracha, lawyer for the ECP, said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Councils (Conduct of Elections) Rules 2014 were framed by the provincial government in exercise of powers conferred under Section 112 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.
