Constituencies of over 10 million voters are likely to change in January under the Elections Act.
According to details, registration of voters on temporary or permanent address is compulsory. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has given deadline till December 31 for transfer of votes.
Earlier, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government had postponed local body elections in tribal districts and decided to hold provincial assembly polls at first priority. The ECP had announced to start fresh delimitations across the country for local body elections after latest population census. Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government wanted to introduce such a local body system, which could solve problems of masses at the grass-roots level.
Published in Daily Times, December 6th 2018.
