1979 Local Government system can be amended: Durrani

KARACHI: Sindh Assembly Speaker, Agha Siraj Durrani said Wednesday that provincial government could hold local bodies elections in six months.

Speaking to reporters, Durrani said the 1979 Local Government (LG) was not set in stone and could be amended. The provincial assembly speaker invited all opposition parties for talks over the 1979 LG system.

The 1979 LG system was enacted into law on Monday and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) provincial government restored the administrative districts of Karachi.

The main opposition party in the provincial Assembly, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) rejected the decision to revive the 1979 LG system voicing their demand for the 2001 system.