Nazims, LG Councilors take Oath
By Zulfiqar Ahmad

ISLAMABAD—Elected Nazims and members of Zila Councils and Tehsil/Town Councils as well as Nazims/Naib Nazims and members of Union Councils administered oath on Monday (October 17). Election Commission had appointed Presiding Officers who administered oath from the elected LG representatives. The third phase of Local Government elections was held on October 6, 2005 in which District Nazims, Tehsil/Taluka Nazims, Town Nazims for Tehsils/Talukas or Towns and members of Zila Councils and Tehsil/Taluka Councils or Town Councils against the seats reserved for Women, Peasants/Workers and Minority Communities were elected. Due to recent earthquake in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) holding of oath-taking proceedings in Manshera, Battagram, Kohistan, Shangla and Abbottabad districts have been postponed till October 19, 2005.
Peshawar Bureau adds: Newly elected District Nazims of 19 districts out of 24 and elected councillors of the District Councils of NWFP were Monday administered oath by the respective District and Session Judges. District Nazims elect of five quake hit districts of Mansehra, Battagram, Shangla, Kohistan and Abbotabad would take oath on October 19 along with councillors elected through indirect elections against reserved seats of the District Council. In Peshawar District and Session Jude Shahjehan Akhunzada administered oath to the District Nazim Ghulam Ali and elected councillors of the District at Nishtar Hall.
Similarly, the Returning Officers administered oath to the newly elected nazims of Town_1 Haji Shaukat Ali, Town-II Muhammad Sharif, Town-III Shakirullah Khan and Town-IV Arbab Aamir Ayub and elected councillors of four towns at their respective Town Councils Hall. District Returning Officer Chitral, District & Sessions Judge Saleem Jan Khan administered the oath from newly elected District Nazim Haji Maghfirat Shah, Councilors and lady Councilors of Zila Council here Monday.
Addressing at the oath taking ceremony, newly elected district Nazim pledged to continue to work for the development of the area. He claimed that work on Lawari tunnel, launching of wireless loop telephone and mobilink mobile service were launched by him. He said that he would work for the progress and prosperity of the people of Chitral district. On this occasion, the newly elected district Nazim expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the colossal loss of precious human lives and property occurred in last week devastating earthquake.
He prayed to Allah Almighty to grant eternal peace for those who lost lives in the earthquake that struck many parts of the country. Earlier, he appreciated federal government for introducing district government system. Later, the newly elected Nazim took charge of his new office.
Karachi Bureau adds: Kanwar Naveed took over the charge of new District Nazim of Hyderabad district here on Monday. The oath taking ceremony of the District Nazim and members of Zila Council was held here at District Council Hall, which was presided over by the District Returning Officer Zaheeruddin Leghari. The oath taking ceremonies of Taluka and Union Councils Nazims as well as the councillors of Taluka and Union Councils of Hyderabad city, Latifabad, Qasimabad and Hyderabad rural talukas of Hyderabad district were also held on Monday. The district returning Officer Zaheeruddin Leghari first administered oath from Kanwar Naveed and later 76 members of Zila Council Hyderabad took over the oath. The oath taking ceremony of the members of Taluka Council Hyderabad City and the councillors of the Union Councils was held at Government Zubeda Girls College where returning officer Fahimuddin administered oath to them.
The returning officer Ubaidullah administered oath to the members of Taluka Council Latifabad and councillors of Union Councils of taluka at Government Public School Latifabad while a joint oath taking ceremony of the members of Taluka Councils Qasimabad and Hyderabad rural and the councillors of both talukas was held at Mumtaz Mirza Auditorium of Sindh Museum where Mr. Abdul Wahab Abbasi administered oath. After taking oath, those who were representing Taluka Hyderabad City in Zila Council included Muhammad Rafiq, Muhammad Javeed, Q. Muhammad Hakam, Nasir Ali Baloch, Samiuddin, Israr Muhammad Shaikh, Abdul Rauf Jaffery, Munawar Khan Zai, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Muhammad Younus Rajput, Mazhar Jamil, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Muhammad Yousuf, Muhammad Arshad Naeem, Syed Shahadat Ali, Rashid Hameed, Muhammad Ali Gohar, Muhammad Hussain, Qazi Muhammad Ilyas and Hussain Bux, Nazims of Union Council 1 to 20 respectively. Dr. Rukhsana Mughees, Azra alias Attiya, Rana Siddiqui, Farhat Khan, Parveen Akhtar Lodhi, Raeesa Begum and Shamim Begum are the women representatives on reserved seats from Taluka Hyderabad City in Zila Council. Those who were representing Taluka Latifabad in Zila Council included Abbas Khan, Amjad Hussain, Muhammad Arif Khilji, Ghulam Rasool Samoon, Muhammad AhsanKhan, Rehman Akhtar, Muhammad Ashraf, Muhammad Aslam, Raheel Ahmed, Muhammad Ashraf, Syed Fateh Muhammad Shah, Abdul Hafeez, Muhammad Aijaz Shaikh, Nasir Ali, Khan Muhammad Chandio, Sajda and Pir Saadullah Jan Sirhandi, Nazims of Union Council 1 to 17 respectively. Shamim Qadri, Tasleem Kazmi, Naseem Khan, Tasleem Iqbal, Farzana Ansari and Aneela are the women representatives on reserved seats from Taluka Latifabad in Zila Council Hyderabad.