LAHORE: (HRNW) Punjab government has decided to revisit its decision regarding holding local bodies (LB) polls in the province, owing to rising COVID-19 cases in the province.
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Law under the chair of Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat was held to review the matter.
The meeting had an in-depth discussion on the COVID-19 situation in the province after which it became likely that the local bodies polls in the province may be deferred owing to rising cases of the virus.
The meeting decided to convey the matter to the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on COVID-19 before finalizing dates for the local bodies polls.
It is pertinent to mention here that a report on September 29 while quoting sources stated that the election commission has prepared initial lists of delimitation of constituencies for local government elections in Punjab as it intends to hold local bodies polls in the province in the first months of 2021.
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