This was disclosed at a meeting presided over by Sardar Zulfiqar Ali on Monday. Advisor to CM Begum Zakiya Shahnawaz, Secretary Law & Parliamentary Affairs and Special Secretary to Local Government besides other concerned officers attended the meeting. The powers of administrators with the Tehsil/ Town Officers (Regulations) will be transferred to council officers after appointment as administrators.
The meeting had proposed that as there were no elected councils, therefore, council officers should be appointed as administrators in the concerned union councils. Earlier, Tehsil/ Town Officers (Regulations) besides working as price control magistrates and ensuring implementation of other municipal laws in their concerned areas had also to perform the additional responsibilities of administrators.