PESHAWAR (The Thursday Times) — Election Commission of Pakistan ne Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ke un azla mein baldiyati intikhabat karane ka hukm diya hai jahan halqa bandi mukammal ho chuki hai, lekin un 12 azla ko kharij kar diya hai jinhein wafaqi hukumat ki janib se emergency aur governor raj nafiz kiye jane ke baad aik khusoosi intizami bandobast ke teht rakha gaya hai.
Geo News ke mutabiq Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja ne Budh ko mehfooz kiya gaya faisla sunaya aur commission ke daftar ko hidayat ki ke jin azla mein halqa bandi ko hatmi shakl di ja chuki hai wahan ka election programme manzoori ke liye pesh kiya jaye. ECP ke Special Secretary Zafar Iqbal ne aik din pehle 5 rukni bench ko bataya tha ke 23 azla mein halqa bandi mukammal ho chuki hai.
12 azla kharij
Wafaqi hukumat ke 11 October ke hukm ke teht Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Mohmand, Orakzai aur North Waziristan mein intikhabat ka schedule nahin diya jayega. Commission ne apne daftar ko yeh hidayat bhi ki ke jin azla mein yeh amal namukammal hai wahan ke liye halqa bandi ke schedule jari kiye jayein, magar Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Bajaur, Khyber, Kurram, Upper South Waziristan aur Lower South Waziristan ke liye nahin.
Yeh tamam 12 azla Area Development Secretariat ke teht aate hain jo markaz ne 12 makhsoos azla mein intizamiya, taraqqi aur salamti ki nigrani ke liye qaim kiya hai, jabke Area Representative and Development Council (ARDC) maqami numaindagi faraham karti hai. Soobai hukumat ne amn-o-aman, hangami iqdamat aur fauj ki tainati ka hawala dete hue commission se intikhabat multavi karne ki darkhwast ki thi.
Councils ki muddat khatm
Pichhle intikhabat ke pehle marhale mein muntakhib hone wali maqami councils ki muddat March 2026 mein aur doosre marhale ki councils ki muddat June mein khatm ho gayi, jis ke baad soobe ka zyada tar hissa muntakhib maqami hukumat ke baghair reh gaya hai.
Sadr Asif Ali Zardari ne Wazir-e-Azam Shehbaz Sharif ke mashware par 11 October ko Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein emergency aur governor raj nafiz karne ka elan kiya, aur is ki wajah bigarti hui security surat-e-haal aur soobai hukumat ki insidad-e-dehshatgardi ki koshishon mein khamiyan batayi. Governor Faisal Karim Kundi ab 11 rukni mushawarati council ke saath soobe ka nazm-o-nasq chala rahe hain, aur hukumat keh chuki hai ke governor raj 6 maheene ke andar khatm ho jayega.
