Administrative future of Islamabad. 📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways: After four previous governments did not agree to hold local body elections in Islamabad, the Election Commission has released the schedule o. In 2015, the Muslim League (N) was in power in the federation and its subordinate province of Punjab, but the Muslim League (N) and the Peop. In 2015, on the order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, party-led municipal elections were held for the. After four previous governments did not agree to hold local body elections in Islamabad, the Election Commission has released the schedule of local body elections after eleven years, according to which it has announced that local body elections will be held on December 20 this year. It should be noted that even in the system of district governments of General Pervez Musharraf, local government elections were held twice in the country, but the federal capital Islamabad was deprived where no city or district government could be formed. In 2015, the Muslim League (N) was in power in the federation and its subordinate province of Punjab, but the Muslim League (N) and the People's Party had two or four governments in the eleven years from 1988 to 1999. In 2015, on the order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, party-led municipal elections were held for the first time in the Muslim League government, in which the candidates of the Muslim League (N) were successful in a large number in Punjab and Islamabad, and the mayor of the Muslim League (N) was elected for the first time in Islamabad, while Lahore was the only city in the country where the (N) League mayor was officially called Lord Mayor. General Zia-ul-Haq had held local elections three times in the country under the Local Government Act of 1979 and General Pervez Musharraf twice under the Empowered District System of 2001 and only one local government election was held in political governments. In 2018, the PTI government came to power and first dissolved the local bodies of Punjab and Islamabad, which belonged to the Muslim League mayors and chairmen, and politically, the PTI government appointed public administrators in their place, whose dismissal was challenged in the Punjab and Islamabad High Courts, and the Islamabad High Court reinstated the Mayor of Islamabad, who was again dismissed by the Tehreek-e-Insaf government a few days later. The PTI government, after coming to power, had earlier restricted the powers of local government heads of Punjab and Islamabad, where the PTI had federal and provincial governments. The local bodies of Sindh, KP and Balochistan had completed their term where PTI was the provincial government in KP but PTI was in majority in KP local bodies and PTI government held local body elections in KP in two phases after completion of the local body period in which JUI defeated the government candidates in the first phase. Official Wire Source & Legal Disclaimer Read ▼ 📰 Official Source & Legal Provenance: Express News Documented Wire Record Editorial & Legal Notice: Ingested and verified from official journalistic wire (Express News) under applicable press regulations. Full primary documentary sources are permanently archived.