The Islamabad High Court has suspended the Election Commission’s October 21 notification regarding the schedule of local government elections in the federal capital.

Justice Umair Majeed Malik of the High Court issued a stay order.

The court suspended the schedule of local government elections and issued notices to the Election Commission and other parties by November 26, seeking their response.

A written order for hearing on the petition to stop the local government elections in Islamabad was also issued, according to which the petition to suspend the election schedule was approved.

According to the written order, under the law, each union council was divided into 9 wards. According to the lawyer, the Election Commission changed the constituency on December 12, 2024, after which it issued the election schedule for December 26, 2025, which was later withdrawn.

The order states that according to the lawyer, with the implementation of the Islamabad Capital Territory Local Government Ordinance 2026, three town corporations were created, the number of union councils was increased from 125 to 130, and under the Ordinance 2026, the method of delimitation was adopted based on census blocks instead of nine wards.