Pakistan, Oct. 22 -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ordered local government elections in Islamabad to be held under the existing 2015 law and directed officials to issue the election schedule without further delay. The commission has subsequently announced that polling will take place on December 20, 2026.

The decision was announced after a five-member commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, heard a case concerning the long-delayed local government elections in the federal capital.

During the hearing, Special Secretary ECP Zafar Iqbal Malik informed the commission that delimitation had been carried out six times in Islamabad, while election schedules had been issued on four occasions. The ...