Local Government | MCQs

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The local government system brings governance closer to the people, allowing for faster and more responsive service delivery.

It helps decentralize power from federal/provincial levels and encourages community participation in development.

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According to the new Local Government Ordinance 2005, every Union Council was to have 13 seats.

These seats included both general seats and reserved seats for women, peasants, workers, and minorities.

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Union councils are the primary governmental institution in Pakistan

each union council has 13 elected members known as councilors.

Union councils are headed by a Naib Union Nazim

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Zeeshan Rafique is the current Minister for Local Government & Community Development of the Punjab.

Appointed on: 6th March 2024

Belonging: Sialkot

Party affiliation: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)

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Announcement made by ECP: 13 April 2022

Election will be held: 14 districts of Sindh

LG elections in Sindh will be held in: two phases.

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LG polls held in 32 districts of Balochistan on May 29th 2022.

Before 2022, LG polls in Balochistan held 2013.

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For the first time in Balochistan, as many as 132 female candidates are contesting directly on general seats where they are facing male candidates. 

LG Polls in Balochistan held: 29 May 2022

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The second phase of local government elections in Sindh would be held on August 28, 2022.

By-elections on a vacant seat of NA 245, Karachi would be held on August 21, 2022.

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Polling for the first phase of the LG election in four divisions of Sindh is scheduled to be held on June 26, 2022, while elections would be held in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions on July 24, 2022 in the second phase.

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Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a sub national level, such as a regional or local level.

It is a form of administrative decentralization.