POLITICAL parties frequently appear reluctant to hold regular local bodies elections on one pretext or another. This attitude negates constitutional requirements for holding local government polls and establishing LGs, denying voters the right to elect their representatives at the grassroots level. As reported, the ECP has dropped plans to hold LG polls in KP due to the suspension of Article 140-A. After the proclamation of emergency in the province last month, the article had been suspended in specific districts. The centre has now suspended Article 140-A across the province,........

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