Local bodies polls: Peshawar police develop buzzer app to avert violence

PESHAWAR: Peshawar police have developed a buzzer application to immediately respond to untoward incidents during local bodies elections in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province scheduled on December 19, ARY NEWS reported.

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Peshawar Abbas Ahsan said that they had developed a security application that also includes a buzzer alert system that would be helpful in alerting the police regarding any untoward incident at the polling stations.

“The app could also be used by the officers for confirming their duties and their locations,” he said adding that it also includes details are polling stations and registered voters in a district.

The CCPO said that the application also has a mechanism to track polling stations and officials posted during the election duties could also utilize it.

KP local government elections

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has given final touches to the arrangements for local bodies elections in 17 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In the first phase of the LG polls, elections are being held in Peshawar and 16 other districts of the province on December 19. The polls in the rest of the province will be held in January in the second phase.

According to ECP spokesperson, 1248 polling stations have been set up in Peshawar, out of which 860 have been declared sensitive and 165 highly sensitive.

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According to statistics, 2587 candidates including are taking part in the KP elections for general councilor seats in Peshawar.

In Peshawar, there are a total of 558 women candidates in the run for 377 seats, in Nowshera 269 women for 146 seats, in Charsadda 273 candidates for 153 seats, in Mardan 339 candidates on 231 seats, in Swabi 178 women for 160 seats, in Kohat 142 women for 107 seats, in Karak 179 candidates for 61 seats, in Hangu 67 candidates for 62 seats, in Bannu 281 candidates for 116 seats, in Lakki Marwat 347 candidates for 101 seats, in Tank 169 candidates for 78 seats, in DI Khan 388 candidates for 186 seats, in Haripur 261 candidates for 180 seats and in Buner 172 female candidates for 105 seats.

In tribal districts, there are 157 women in the running for 65 seats, in Bajaur 241 women for 127 seats and in Khyber, there are 193 female candidates on 147 seats.