JI demands immediate Local Polls in KP

PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Mar, 2026) Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (JI KP) Tuesday called for the immediate holding of local government elections across the province under the 2013 Local Government Act and Rules, saying that absence of functional local bodies

has deprived residents of basic services at the grassroots level.

The demand was made during a joint meeting of the party’s provincial leaders at Markazi Islami Peshawar, chaired

by Emir JI KP South Professor Muhammad Ibrahim Khan.

The meeting was attended by Emir JI KP Central Abdul Wasi, Emir JI KP North Inayatullah Khan, and Emir JI KP Hazara Abdul Razzaq Abbasi.

Participants said the current local government system had proven to be “the most failed system in history” and stressed that the restoration of the district system was now an urgent necessity.

The meeting also expressed concern over worsening insecurity, particularly in the southern districts.

Leaders called upon on Afghan authorities to address Pakistan’s security concerns and halt cross-border

infiltration.

They urged senior officials of both countries to resolve tensions through meaningful dialogue, noting that

peaceful relations were in the vital interest of both peoples.