PPP, PTI petitions against LB polls admitted for hearing

  

Petitioners have challenged government of Punjab regarding local bodies poll on non-party bases.

LAHORE (Dunya News) Lahore High Court has accepted the petitions filed by the PPP and PTI against non-party Local Bodies elections and accordingly issues notices to Attorney General, Advocate General and government of the Punjab for November 25.
When Chief Justice Umer Ata Bandial resumed hearing of the case, PPP leader Mian Manzoor Watto was also present in the court room.
The lawyers on the part of their clients, PPP and PTI, took the stance that local bodies elections in three provinces were being held on party basis while Punjab was insisting on holding elections on non-party basis which is diametrically against the Article 140-A of the Constitution.
The lawyers further argued that such step of the Punjab government would promote corruption in the society rather than resolving the issues faced by masses.
The Chief Justice while termed the petition maintainable issued notices to Attorney General, Advocate General and government of the Punjab in this regard.