Overview

• ECP directed delimitation to start Thursday with a two-month deadline and said preparations are already underway.
• Commission officials said Punjab’s local bodies completed their term on December 31, 2021, after which the province repeatedly amended its local government law.
• Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja called the prolonged delay an embarrassment for the commission and successive governments.
• Most reports state the polls will be held under the Punjab Local Government Act, 2022, though one outlet cited the 2002 law, creating a discrepancy that may require clarification.
• The Lahore High Court is continuing to hear related cases, including a Jamaat-e-Islami petition, alongside the ECP’s preparations.