Overview
- President Asif Ali Zardari’s Jan. 9 ordinance abolishes the Metropolitan Corporation and creates three Town Corporations aligned to National Assembly constituencies.
- The Election Commission of Pakistan will delimit and notify union councils under the Election Act, 2017, with no boundary changes allowed after an election schedule is announced.
- The shake-up has derailed the pending municipal polls, leaving 4,270 earlier nominations for 1,125 wards and Rs8.54 million in non-refundable fees in limbo.
- A transition clause keeps the existing Metropolitan Corporation operating until the government constitutes and notifies the new town corporations.
- The federal government may appoint administrators where local bodies are not functional and must vet local tax proposals, with administrator-initiated taxes laid before the National Assembly.