KHYBER: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Khyber has distributed polling equipment among Presiding Officers (POs) here in Jamrud on Wednesday.
Equipment needed on polling day included election lists, begs to be used on polling day, screens to offer privacy to voters and stationary items handed over to the POs.
Soon after collecting the election equipment, the POs of remote areas left for their locality where they would execute their official duties.
As per the ECP rule, it is obligatory on the POs to arrive at their concerned polling stations till Wednesday night (07 February, 2024) to adopt all necessary initiatives to smoothly conduct the general election next morning(08 February).
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It is to be stated here that 342 polling stations had been set up across the district Khyber for NA-27.
Similarly 108 polling stations had been established for PK-69(Khyber-1) while 117 polling stations had been planned for PK-70(Khyber-2).
In the same way 117 polling stations had been established for PK-71(Khyber-3).
It’s worth mentioning here that a coalition of 50 leading civil society organizations, Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) will deploy around 19,000 observers to monitor 85 per cent of National Assembly polling stations across the country.
