Proposal to abolish LG system sent to PM’
‘Proposal to abolish LG system sent to PM’
By Atif Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has sent its final set of recommendations to the federal government on abolishing the local government system introduced by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2001, Punjab Local Government Minister Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa said on Monday. “We have sent our final recommendations to abolish the 2001 local government system to the prime minister, and have suggested that it be replaced with the local bodies system of 1979,” the minister told the media after attending a USAID workshop at the National Art Gallery. He claimed that the current system was ‘not transparent’, and said the Punjab government had recently identified misappropriation of Rs 52 billion in the local government audit for 2005-08. A detailed report had been prepared on the misappropriation and 144 tehsil municipal administrators had been named in it, he added. Khosa said the current system had created several ‘complications’ and was full of confusions. “Under the Local Government Ordinance, provincial governments could not intervene in the working of district governments ... even when it became essential in certain cases. The failure of the local government system led to problems during Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s visit to Karachi last year,” he said.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\18\story_18-11-2008_pg7_50
By Atif Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has sent its final set of recommendations to the federal government on abolishing the local government system introduced by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2001, Punjab Local Government Minister Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa said on Monday. “We have sent our final recommendations to abolish the 2001 local government system to the prime minister, and have suggested that it be replaced with the local bodies system of 1979,” the minister told the media after attending a USAID workshop at the National Art Gallery. He claimed that the current system was ‘not transparent’, and said the Punjab government had recently identified misappropriation of Rs 52 billion in the local government audit for 2005-08. A detailed report had been prepared on the misappropriation and 144 tehsil municipal administrators had been named in it, he added. Khosa said the current system had created several ‘complications’ and was full of confusions. “Under the Local Government Ordinance, provincial governments could not intervene in the working of district governments ... even when it became essential in certain cases. The failure of the local government system led to problems during Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s visit to Karachi last year,” he said.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\18\story_18-11-2008_pg7_50
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