PESHAWAR: The polling for the second phase of local bodies elections in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province began today in 65 districts of the province, ARY NEWS reported.
The polling began at 8:00 am and will continue unabated until 5:00 pm with eight millions of voters eligible to cast their votes.
Candidates from Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Jamaat-i-Islami, Awami National Party (ANP) and other political groups are takin part in the electoral process.
The second phase of the local bodies elections will bring an end to election of local bodies in the province.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned action against anyone found involved in barring women from casting their votes during the second phase of LG polls.
“Women have every right to cast their vote,” the commission said and asked women to cast their votes without any fear.
Yesterday, Sharing details of the elections and their arrangements, Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) KP Barrister Saif said that all arrangements for the local bodies elections have been completed. “The polls will be held on 65 seats which included 63 tehsil and two mayor seats,” he said.
The SACM said that overall 5,829 polling stations will be established with 1,000 of them declared sensitive. “A total of 49,000 policemen will be deployed in the province while Pakistan Army could also be summoned when needed,” he said.
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Barrister Saif said that Chief Minister Mahmood Khan was also looking after arrangements for the polls.
Moreover, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has cancelled holidays of policemen in the wake of second phase of the local government elections scheduled in the province on March 31.
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