JUDGMENT SHEET

IN THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD.

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

(1) Writ Petition No.4871 of 2022

Ali Nawaz Awan Akram
Versus
Federation of Pakistan and others.

(2) Writ Petition No.4885 of 2022

Mian Muhammad Aslam
Versus
Federation of Pakistan and others.

Petitioners by : M/s Sardar Taimoor Aslam Khan, Mr Hassan

Javed and Mr Mudassar Abbas, Advocates.

Respondents by : Mr.Ashtar Ausaf Khan, Attorney General for

Pakistan, (present on 29.12.2022)
Mr. Munawar Iqbal Duggal, Addl: Attorney
General for Pakistan, Mr Arshad Mehmood
Kayani, Deputy Attorney General and Mr
Salman Ghuman, Assistant Attorney General for
the Federation of Pakistan.
Mr Jehangir Khan Jadoon, Advocate General for
ICT.
M/s Zafar Iqbal Hussain, Special Secretary, Mr
Muhammad Arshad, D.G. (Law), Khurram
Shahzad, ADG (Law), Mr Muhammad Saif
Ullah, D.G. (L.G.E.), Mr Waqas Malik, D.E.C.,
and Ms Bushra Rasheed, Law Officer, for ECP.

Date of Hearing : 30.12.2022

ARBAB MUHAMMAD TAHIR, J.- For reasons to be

recorded separately, both the writ petitions are allowed. Consequently,
the impugned order dated 27.12.2022 and the impugned notification dated
19.12.2022 are set-aside. The Election Commission of Pakistan is
directed to hold the local government elections in the Islamabad Capital
Territory as per the schedule already announced i.e. on 31.12.2022. The
Federal Government is directed to provide all the assistance to the
Election Commission of Pakistan for conducting the local bodies’
elections as mandated by the Constitution.

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