Muzaffarabad, (Parliament Times) : Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi has said that his government was ready to facilitate the Election Commission by providing it the required funds to hold long-awaited local body elections in the region.The prime minister Niazi said this while talking to senior members of the Election Commission including Raja Muhammad Farooq Niaz and Farhat Ali Mir. who called on him here on Wednesday.PM Niazi on the occasion said that the holding of the LB polls were imperative for the breaking 30-year long stalemate and transfer of power to grassroots level. The transfer of power to grassroot level, he said, would be instrumental in expediating the process of development in the region. He said that the amendments proposed by the Election Commission in Local Government Act 1990 and Election Act 2020 would be taken up in the Cabinet meeting soon.He said that as per the vision of Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, local body elections would be held and power would be transferred to the grass root level so that the process of construction and development in the region could be expedited.Earlier, the AJK premier was briefed by the visiting delegates about the EC’s strategy and preparations being made to hold the local body elections in the region. The prime minister assured the visiting delegates that the required funds for holding the polls would be provided in a timely manner.
