Overview
- The commission will conduct Punjab’s local government elections under the 2025 law following approval by the assembly and formal assent by Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan.
- The delimitation schedule issued under the 2022 law has been rescinded, and all ongoing delimitation work across the province, including Rawalpindi, has been halted.
- The Punjab government has four weeks to publish delimitation and demarcation rules, with no extension permitted and a warning that the ECP will take up the matter for further direction if the deadline is missed.
- The new structure abolishes District Councils, reinstates the town tier, scraps ward-level representation, and creates 13-member union councils with four reserved seats for women, youth, labour and minorities.
- With the reset of the legal framework and paused preparations, the December local polls are now uncertain, and observers warn repeated overhauls are eroding confidence in grassroots governance.