Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhary has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce the date for local government elections as soon as possible and it should be held according to the Constitution. While addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, he condemned the Punjab government for not holding the local government elections in Punjab.
He said by not holding the elections, the government was violating the Constitution. "Even Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked the ECP to give a date for the elections but it has kept silent on it," he added.
He was of the view that the elections were deliberately being delayed since the Punjab government was not willing to hold the elections.
Meanwhile, he claimed that a powerful land mafia, having the support of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, had influenced certain quarters to extend the jurisdiction of Lahore Development Authority with the goal of converting agriculture land in to plazas and factories.
"The LDA's jurisdiction has been extended from Lahore to Sheikhupura, Nankana Sahib and Kasur and the land falls under these areas is very fertile agricultural land. These lands will be made available for the land mafia to make plazas and housing societies," he added.
The PTI Punjab General Secretary and Information Secretary were also present on the occasion.
They expressed grief and sorrow over the incident of a poor young mother who killed her own children.
They said it was tragic incident; high cost of living, caused by ill-conceived economic policies of the PML-N government, was forcing the poor people to take the lives of their children.
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