ISLAMABAD (The Thursday Times) — Election Commission of Pakistan ne Wazir-e-Azam Office ko mulk ke 42 cantonment boards mein baldiyati intikhabat ke liye wafaqi hukumat ki bazabta tehreeri darkhwast bhejne ke liye do haftay ki mohlat di hai aur khabardar kiya hai ke jawab na milne ki soorat mein woh "munasib ehkamat jari karne par majboor" hoga.
Yeh hidayat 10 November ko Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja ki sarbarahi mein paanch rukni bench ke hukm naamay mein di gayi, jo intikhabat mein takheer se mutaliq case ki samaat kar raha hai. Yeh boards Punjab (20), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (11), Sindh (8) aur Balochistan (3) mein waqe hain.
August se takheer ka shikar
Hukm naamay ke mutabiq cantonment boards mein baldiyati hukumaton ki muddat 11 April ko khatam ho gayi thi. Elections Act 2017 ki dafa 219(4) ke tehat commission muddat khatam hone ke 120 din ke andar baldiyati intikhabat karane ka paband hai, yun intikhabat ki aakhri tareekh 8 August banti thi.
Commission ne 11 January ko tamam 42 boards mein wards ki halqa bandiyon ka schedule jari kiya aur 20 April ko hatmi fehristen shaya keen. Intikhabat ka elan karne se pehle use Cantonments Act 1924 ki dafa 19-D(2) ke tehat wafaqi hukumat ki bazabta tehreeri darkhwast bhi darkar hai.
Hukm naamay ke mutabiq commission ne 14 May aur 16 June ko defence secretary ko khat likhe aur 3 June ko yaad dahani karayi, jabke Chief Election Commissioner ne 16 July ko Wazir-e-Azam ko khat likh kar mudakhlat ki darkhwast ki. Is ke baad 31 July se 9 October ke darmiyan mazeed khutoot aur yaad dahaniyan bheji gayin.
Wazarat-e-difa tayyar hai
10 November ki samaat mein wazarat-e-difa ke qanooni musheer Brigadier (retired) Falak Naz aur Military Lands and Cantonments Department ke Additional Director General Khalil Ahmad Rana ne commission ko bataya ke wazarat intikhabat karane ke liye tayyar hai. Un ka kehna tha ke wazarat darkhwast pehle hi wafaqi hukumat ko bhej chuki hai, us ki janib se koi takheer nahi hui aur maamla Wazir-e-Azam Office mein zer-e-iltiwa hai.
Commission ne kaha ke woh aur wazarat-e-difa dono intikhabat karane ke liye tayyar hain. Aain ke Article 140-A aur 219 aur Elections Act ki dafa 219 ka hawala dete hue, jo use subon, Islamabad aur cantonment boards mein baldiyati intikhabat karane ka paband banate hain, commission ne apne daftar ko hidayat ki ke Wazir-e-Azam Office se aik baar phir bazabta khat ke zariye rabta kiya jaye. Case ki dobara samaat teen haftay baad hogi.
Yeh hukm naama darul hukumat mein baldiyati intikhabat se mutaliq ghair yaqeeni soorat-e-haal mein mazeed izafa karta hai. Jumme ko Islamabad High Court ne Islamabad ke 20 December ke baldiyati intikhabat ka schedule muattal kar diya, jabke aik din pehle Chief Election Commissioner ne wafaqi hukumat par unhein sabotage karne ki koshish ka ilzam lagaya tha.
