Overview
- Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan signed the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, with a gazette notification pending to trigger fresh delimitation for December polls.
- The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to conduct the elections under the 2025 law rather than the 2022 framework.
- According to reports, each Union Council will elect nine councillors on a non-party ballot, and every successful candidate must join a political party within 30 days.
- Sources indicate PTI could be sidelined because it lacks an election symbol, while a Lahore High Court stay has paused ECP hearings on the party’s intra-party election case.
- The Punjab government announced a Local Government Academy headquartered in Lala Musa, to be run by a new board of management.