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Posts published in “Day: July 17, 2014

Power to the people: G-B to form city metropolitans under new local govt law

By Shabbir Mir  in The Express Tribune, July 17th, 2014. GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Local Government Bill 2014 has been approved, with lawmakers and experts agreeing to party-based local government (LG) elections in the region. In a sense this puts the region ahead of the provinces, which have yet to hold local government elections despite Supreme Court orders. The draft bill was discussed, vetted and approved by a select committee of the assembly headed by the…