Islamabad Finalises Boundaries for 130 Union Councils
“Islamabad’s election appellate authority has upheld the boundaries of all 130 union councils, clearing the way for a final Election Commission notification.”
Key points
- Islamabad’s election appellate authority has upheld the boundaries of all 130 union councils, clearing the way for a final Election Commission notification.
- The new local-government structure will create three municipal town corporations, with three mayors and six deputy mayors.
Islamabad has moved closer to a new local-government structure after the election appellate authority rejected all objections to the boundaries of the federal capital’s 130 union councils and their councillor blocks.
The decision finalises the delimitation process for all union councils in Islamabad. A complete report is expected to be sent to the Election Commission, after which the final notification can be issued.
Under the new Islamabad Local Government Act, the capital will be organised into three municipal town corporations. Each of Islamabad’s three National Assembly constituencies will have one town corporation, creating three mayoral and six deputy-mayoral positions.
The revised structure is intended to establish a clearer administrative framework for local representation and municipal governance in the federal capital. The delimitation authority dismissed the objections filed against the boundaries, validating the decisions already made during the process.
The development is significant because the final notification will determine the territorial basis for future local-government elections and representation. It will also define how residents are grouped within the new union-council and municipal-town system.
A related legal matter is continuing in Rawalpindi and Murree, where the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench remanded 27 appeals involving the delimitation of union councils and councillor blocks to the District Election Commission for fresh hearings.
Election authorities in Rawalpindi are expected to issue notices to the applicants and hear the cases individually before issuing fresh decisions according to the relevant territorial boundaries. Under Punjab’s local-government framework, Rawalpindi city has also been divided into two municipal town corporations.
For Islamabad, the immediate next step is the Election Commission’s final notification. Once issued, it will provide the formal map for the capital’s 130 union councils and the three municipal town corporations.
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