Punjab to have five lord mayors under new municipal system.

RAWALPINDI -- The new municipal system in Punjab will have five metropolitan corporations including Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, and Multan while their heads will be called Lord Mayors.

In cities the neighbourhood councils would be made in accordance with the population according to which Lahore will have 280 neighbourhood councils for 10 million population, Faisalabad will have 170 for its three million population, both Gujranwala and Rawalpindi will have 11 councils with population of two million each. Multan will have 90 councils for its 1.8 million people.

The officer of councillor has been abolished. The Union Councils (UCs) in cities and villages will be called neighbourhood and panchayat councils respectively.

A neighbourhood council constituting population between 20,000 and 45,000 would have five general councillors, two women councillors and a minority councillor.

The councils constituting of population between 13,000-20,000 would have four councillors, a woman and a minority councillor.

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The councils with population between 6,000 and 13,000 would have three general councilors, a lady and minority councilor.

The councils with population less than six thousand will have two general councillors, a lady and a minority councillor.

In villages all panchayat councils will have a woman and minority councillor however those with population between 8,000 and 15,000 will have four general councillors, those with population between 2,000 and 8,000 will have three general councillors while councils with less than 2,000 people will have two general councillor.

Further, the elections of councils will be held on a non-political basis while the candidate with the most votes...