What is meant by the Union Council and Union Committee?

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What is meant by the Union Council and Union Committee?

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Union Council & Union Committee:

The lowest tier of Basic Democracies was composed of union councils. It was called Union Council for rural areas and the Union Committee for urban areas. 1000 to 1500 voters elected one member directly. He or she was called B.D Member. They were responsible for sanitation, arrangements of streetlights and Passengers’ Houses (Musafirkhana) keeping death and birth records etc.