LAHORE, December 10: The structure of the new local government (LG) system has been finalised by the Punjab government after holding consultations. Under the new LG system in Punjab, 11 metropolitan corporations will be established across the province.
A metropolitan corporation will cover 9 divisional headquarters, whereas, Gujrat and Sialkot will also come under the category of metropolitan corporations. A metropolitan corporation will have a lord mayor, whereas, district councils will be established in 25 other districts of Punjab that will be headed by the district mayors.
On the lower level, neighbourhood and village councils will be established but no tehsil councils and municipal corporations nor municipal or town committees will be constituted. After the finalisation of the new structure for the LG system, all other local government setups have been dissolved. -TLTP
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