Change of election schedule

Request made by Election Commission for extension of poll dates for holding local Government elections in the Provinces and Cantonment areas on account of certain practical and technical difficulties

Proposed revised poll programme/dates provided by Election Commission for holding local Government elections

Supreme Court observed that it had repeatedly passed orders calling upon the Federal and Provincial Governments to hold local bodies elections as early as could be possible as it was the command of the Constitution and no deviation from the Constitution was possible; that revised poll programme (provided by the Election Commission) had been issued for holding local bodies elections in the Provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and local bodies elections in Balochistan province would take place on 7th December, 2013 as already fixed, therefore, the Election Commission and Provincial Governments had shown their commitment to the Constitution

Constitutional petition was disposed of accordingly.