President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed the Islamabad Local Government Ordinance, officially bringing it into effect.

Under the ordinance, three town corporations will be established in Islamabad based on three National Assembly constituencies.

Each town corporation will have one mayor and two deputy mayors.

The number of union councils will be determined by the federal government, with each union council comprising nine general councillors and four reserved seats.

The ordinance stipulates that the corporations established in Islamabad will have a tenure of four years.