Quetta: The Senior Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Balochistan Muhammad Saleh Bhootani has said that the draft for a new system of local bodies will be prepared, a news source reported. Consensus will be developed with all the stakeholders before the system is drafted.
He was addressing a consultative conference on the matter organised by the local government department to discuss changes in the local bodies system. He said that it is not necessary to adopt changes suggested by other provinces for their own systems.
The meeting was also attended by provincial ministers Abdul Rehman Kethran, Muhammad Khan Lehri, MPAs Sanaullah Baloch, Ahmed Nawaz Baloch, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Additional Chief Secretary Planning and Development Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta and Local Government Secretary Kambar Dashti.
The participants wanted more financial powers for the local bodies so they could work independently and demanded direct elections for mayor and chairman of the local councils.
