Islamabad: The Secretary Election Commission has said that the local body elections are much bigger than the National and provincial assembly elections and holding them will cost Rs18 billion.
Briefing the meeting on local body elections, the Secretary Election Commission said that the local body elections are much bigger than the National and Provincial Assembly elections.
He said that the number of local body constituencies in Punjab is 25,000 and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4,000. 200 million ballot papers will have to be printed in Punjab and 100 million in KP, while the number of ballot papers for local body elections will be four times more than the general election.
The Secretary Election Commission said that holding of local body elections will cost Rs18 billion while under the Papers Rules, it may take 3 months to procure election materials.
