PESHAWAR – Senior Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Bashir Ahmed Bilour said on Saturday that holding of local government elections in the province had been delayed due to Election Commission and not due to the provincial government. Bilour said that local government elections could not be held with electoral lists and Election Commission had issued the lists just this month due to which the elections were delayed.
He said that the EC is responsible for the delay if EC announces the date for the election the provincial government is prepared to hold the elections within three months.
Bilour said that a three-member committee has been formed for new constituencies