'Amendments to law': ECP postpones local govt polls in Islamabad

Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday postponed the local government elections in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) after the amendments to Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Act, 2015. 

According to a statement, ECP has suspended the schedule of elections and informed to keep it suspended till further orders.

Earlier, on July 10, ECP informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the long-delayed LG elections in the ICT would finally be held on September 29.

However, today it announced postponing the LG election while suspending the schedule.

The ICT has 125 union councils based on a total of 1,000 wards comprising 750 general wards and 250 women wards. Each of these UCs comprises six general wards and two women wards.

The delimitation exercise for ICT LG elections had started this June 1 and was completed on July 23.