Local Government System In Pakistan Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 National Reconstruction B

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Local Government System In PakistanPunjab Local
Government Ordinance 2001 National
Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Pakistan

• CHAPTER IV
• ZILA COUNCIL
• CHAPTER XIII
• LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

Presenter Asif Rafique Rajwana2005-03-0050
CS 578-IT Architecture Spring 2005-06
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Local Government System In Pakistan

• Every country has multilevel government
  structures
• Federal, provincial and local governments -
  political bureaucratic
• NRB was set up in 1999, to work on reconstruction
  of institutions of the State
• New local government system introduced in 2001
• Agenda
• Rebuilding national confidence and morale
• Decentralization of administrative and financial
  authority to local governments
• Devolution of power was based on three basic
  principles
• People-Centered Development,
• Rights and Responsibility-Based, and
• Service Oriented Government
• Three levels of local government
• district (zila),
• tehsil (taluka)/town, and
• union

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Local Government System In PakistanDemocratic
and Political Structures

• The democratic system is uniform across the four
  provinces
• direct elections for seats in union councils
• indirect elections for reserved seats of
• women, peasants/ workers and minorities,
  tehsils/towns and districts/city districts
  councils
• Councillors are elected on non-party basis
• Voters age is 18 years
• Province-wise position of local areas under LGO
  2001

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Local Government System In PakistanOrganogram
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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001

• Introduced on 2, August 2001
• Gives devolution plan - a new local govt.
• Section 2, gives definition of respective offices
  and other items
• According to sec 2(XXiV) nazim means Z N, Tw N,
  Th N U N
• Zila Nazim
• Ch 4 deals with zila council headed by zila nazim
• Town Nazim
• In metropolitan cities, cities divided into towns
  as AU looked after by Z N but almost indep. in
  their hierarchy headed Tw N
• Tehsil Nazim
• Tehsil based on AU in district run by TMAs headed
  by Th N

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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 CHAPTER
IV - ZILA COUNCIL

• Section 37(1), Composition of Zila Council
• consist of all Union Nazims and
• members elected on the reserved seats as
• Category
  age of total of unions
• Women 33
• Peasants/workers 5 (min. 1)
• minority communities 5 (min. 1)
• Section 37(2), lower½ lt categorylt upper½
• Section 38, Secretariat of the Council
• The Zila Council secretariat is headed by the
  Naib Zila Nazim

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CHAPTER IV - ZILA COUNCIL Organogram Zila
Council

• Naib Zila Nazim is the convener of the Zila
  council
• speaker of the District assembly
• responsible to regulate the business of the Zila
  Council bye-law
• presides over its meetings

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Local Government System In PakistanOrganogram -
City District Government

• Headed by the District (Zila) Nazim.
• Assisted by the DCO the DPO
• EDOs are subordinate to the DCO
• All Dept. are grouped placed under EDO

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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 CHAPTER
IV - ZILA COUNCIL

• Section 39, Functions and powers of Zila Council
• To approve proposals of dist. govt. byelaw (under
  LGO) , taxes (under schedule PI/PII) , dist.
  Administrations and Tehsil/Town Muncipal
  Administrations
• To approve long/short term development plans,
  annual/ supplementary budgetary proposals of the
  dist. govt.
• approve annual budget of the Zila Council
• To elect committees to monitor performance of
  dist. govt. without interference in their daily
  working
• To review monitoring committees quarterly reports
• Councils elect other committees like Insaf
  (Justice), Accounts, Sports and Ethics etc.

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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 CHAPTER
IV - ZILA COUNCIL

• Section 40, Functions of Zila Council in a City
  District
• To approve review master plans, development
  changes land use plans, such as
• houses, roads, traffic, tax, infrastructure,
  sanitation Municipal services etc.
• Section 41, Z-C to approve certain plans for
  towns
• as may be notified by the City dist. govt.
• Section 42, Conduct of the business of Zila
  Council
• To regulate its business in accordance with the
  bye-laws
• Sub-section 42(4), Elect a naib zila nazim
• In the first meeting of the Council members elect
  a naib zila nazim by securing majority votes
• Presided by the Returning Officer
• Sub-section 42(4A), Role of naib zila nazim
• A Convener of the Zila Council
• Preside its meetings and shall
• perform functions assigned by the Zila Nazim

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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 CHAPTER
IV - ZILA COUNCIL

• Section 43, Address of Zila Nazim
• Address in first session of every year
  -performance dist. govt
• Section 44, Joint committee of Councils
• as may with the consent of Tehsil Councils or
  Union Councils
• Section 46, Resignation of Naib Zila Nazim
• Section 47, No confidence motion against Naib
  Zila Nazim
• acting against the public policy or the interest
  of the people
• has lost confidence of the Council
• Motion refers to vote of confidence
• New Zila naib nazim (10 days
• If motion fails then proposer and seconder of
  such motion shall lose their seats both
• Section 48, Power of Zila Council to elect
  officiating Zila Nazim
• ZC elects a member as officiating Zila Nazim
• officiating Zila Nazim cant be candidate

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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 CHAPTER
XIII - LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

• Section 121, Ownership of immovable property
• Subject to any conditions imposed by the
  Government, the property specified shall vest in
  the respective local government
• through succession as provided insection 180
• transferred to the local government by the
  Government or any other authority
• Section 122, Transfer of Property by the
  Government
• may, on its own or on a request by a District
  Government, transfer the management of
  Government or public property to it for
  administration as a trustee
• Section 123, Stock taking by the Nazim
• Every Zila Nazim, Tehsil Nazim, Town Nazim and
  Union Nazim shall, once in every year take the
  physical stock of movable and immovable
  properties of local govt and submit a report to
  the concerned Council

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Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001 CHAPTER
XIII - LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

• Section 124, Use and disposal of properties of
  local governments
• Properties of local governments shall be used
  only for public purposes
• Section 125, Acquisition of immovable property
• Whenever any local government considers it
  necessary or expedient it may acquire or purchase
  any immovable property for public purposes
• Section 126, Loss of property of local government
• loss of property of the local government, the
  responsibility for such loss shall be fixed by
  the concerned local government and the amount of
  the loss shall be recovered