PPP challenges LB polls on non-party basis in LHC

Elections 2013PPP challenges LB polls on non-party basis in LHC

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court challenging local body elections on non-party basis in Punjab, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported on Friday.

The petition, filed by senior PPP leader Sardar Latif Khosa, stated that the elections announced by the Punjab government were in violation of spirit of the Constitution since there was a parliamentary system in the country.

The petitioner argued that the National Assembly and all the provincial assemblies came into being through party basis election. It said that holding election on non-party basis was in sheer violation of the Constitution and it would lead to corruption in the society.

It also said that the several sections of the local government act were also in confrontation with the Constitution.

The PPP prayed the court to declare the non-party basis election as null and void.

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