LAHORE: Punjab government has notified the appointment of
administrators in the province weeks after local government system stood
dissolved in the province.
According to the notification issued by the provincial local government
department, the deputy commissioners have been designated as the
administrators of their respective local governments.
The Punjab government has previously approved the appointment of deputy
commissioners as administrators rather than giving the charge to
commissioners.
The approval was given by Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar who approved a
summary presented by the local government department. After the approval,
the commissioners will only play a supervisory role in the province.
Moreover, the deputy directors of local government will be given the
responsibility of administrators of 247 union councils.
The local government system in Punjab was restored in October this year
after the provincial government submitted a notification in this regard to
the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has previously announced that the local
bodies elections in the Punjab province would be held in the month of March
2022. -Agencies
