ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday chaired a meeting regarding the local government (LG) bodies here at the PM Office and directed the Committee on local bodies to finalize its recommendations within the next 48 hours.
The meeting, which was attended by representatives from all the four provinces, deliberated upon various proposals about the LG bodies system.
During the meeting, the prime minister was told about the news of sad demise of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz.
The prime minister and participants of the meeting expressed their grief over her death.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has reportedly decided to introduce a two-tier local government system in Punjab and two other provinces with all-powerful mayors, huge development funds and control over many departments.
A decision to this effect was taken on Saturday at a meeting in Islamabad attended by representatives from Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The local government would, as agreed, be given one-third of the province’s total annual development budget that would be distributed among the local councils as per their eligibility. The mayors would be elected directly with the entire district as the electoral college, not the house. The idea is that people should be allowed to elect a mayor of their choice.
Like the local government system of 2001, the powers of over 20 departments will be transferred to district governments, including tourism, transport and sports. The district-level management of these three departments will be transferred to the district governments for the first time in history.
