Mayor of Abbottabad

Nazim-e-Abottabad(Urdu: ناظم ایبٹ آباد) is the Mayor who heads the District Government of Abbottabad which controls the Local Government system of Abbottabad District.

Mayor of Abbottabad
ناظم ایبٹ آباد
District Government Abbottabad
Incumbent
Col (r) Sardar Shabbir Ahmed
since 21 January 2019 to 21 August 2019
ResidenceAbbottabad, Pakistan
Deputyadv kamran gul
Websitehttp://dga.com.pk/

Local Government System of Abbottabad

Abbottabad local government is headed by District Government Abottabad which itself consists of District Council consisting of 77 members who elect their respective District Nazim (mayor) and Naib Nazim (Deputy Mayor).

The powers and functions of District Council are defined in KPK Local Government Act 2013.

Following are the number of seats for Abbottabad[1]

General Women Peasant Minorities Youth Total
51 17 3 3 3 77

List of Mayors of Abbottabad
# Mayor Start Date End Date Deputy Mayor Affiliation Notes
1 Baba Haider Zaman Khan
2 Raja Mumtaz Abbasi
3 Col (retd) Mustafa Jadoon 2001 2005 Barrister Javed Abbasi PMLN
4 Haider Zaman Khan 2005 2009 Malik Juned Tanoli PML(J)
Administrator System was implemented 2010 - 2016
5 Sardar Sher Bahadur 30 August 2015

Ali khan Jadoon—–

 incumbent Shaukat Tanoli IND ex-PTI district president

6- Ali Khan Jadoon, Sardar waqar Nabi PTI 7-Sardar Saeed Anwar. Babu Javed PTI 18 August 2018-21Jan 2019

Abbottabad Local Government elections 2015
  PTI (43%)
  PML(N) (37%)
  IND (18%)
  JI (2%)

detailed results: KPK Local Elections 2015

Following are the results of Abbottabad Local Elections 2015

Party UC
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 22
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 19
INDEPENDENTS 9
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan 1
Total 51

PTI got a marginal lead in a PMLN stronghold in the Abbottabad local elections, but couldn't bring its mayor in Abbottabad[2][3]

PTI dissident Sardar Sher Bahadur who has been ex-district president for the party was refused party ticket to contest local elections, thus competed as Independent candidate. He later secured support from PMLN and PTI forward bloc and got elected as mayor of Abbottabad.[4] He was unseated by ECP for defection[5] but Peshawar high court has suspended ECP's decision[6] Moreover they have filed a case against the provincial government for demanding their budget. They have been succeeded in that case. Now that district government has been given their required budget.

See also

References
  1. "KPK local government Act 2013" (PDF).
  2. Correspondent, A (2015-06-09). "PTI, PML-N to fight it out for Abbottabad nazim". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  3. "PTI suffers jolt in Abbottabad". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. "Sardar Mahtab outmanoeuvres PTI in Abbottabad". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  5. "gulftoday.ae | ECP unseats Abbottabad mayor for violations". gulftoday.ae. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  6. "Abbottabad LG shake-up: High court suspends ECP's order to de-seat nazim, councillors - The Express Tribune". 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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