Mayor of Rawalpindi

Mayor of Rawalpindi
ناظم راولپنڈی
Incumbent
TBD

since TBD
Residence Rawalpindi
Term length Four years
Deputy TBD

Nazim-e-Rawalpindi (Urdu: ناظم راولپنڈی) is the is the Mayor who heads the Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi (MCR) which controls the Local Government system of Rawalpindi.

Rawalpindi Local Government System

There are 46 Union Councils in Municipal Corporation Rawalpindi (MCR), the body which controls local government of Rawalpindi.The Union Councils elect their Chairmen and Vice Chairmen who then elect their Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively.[1]

Multiple Deputy Mayors

the seats of Rawalpindi Deputy mayors have been increased from 1 to 5.[2]

List of Mayors

Following is the list of Mayors of Rawalpindi in recent time

# Mayor Starting Term Ending Term Deputy Mayor Affiliation Notes
1 Raja Tariq Kiani 2001 2005 Javed Ikhlas PPP City District Government Rawalpindi[3]
2 Javed Ikhlas 2005 2010 PMLN
Commissioner System was implemented during 2010 - 2016
3 TBD TBD TBD PMLN[4] Punjab Local Govt Act 2013 (PLGA)

Local Government elections 2015

  PMLN (74%)
  IND (17.4%)
  PTI (3.3%)
  AML (2.2%)

Local government election held in Rawalpindi on December 5, 2015[5]

Party UC
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 34
INDEPENDENTS 8
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 2
Awami Muslim League (Pakistan) 1
awaited 1
Total 46

The mayor and Deputy Mayors of Rawalpindi have been delayed.[6]

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