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KP govt ready for elections: Aamir Durrani

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) Engineering (PHE), Engineer Aamir Durrani on Monday said that the caretaker provincial government is ready for the elections and is in contact with various departments in this regard.

Expressing satisfaction over preparations regarding elections by various departments, he said that the caretaker provincial government will play its full role in holding transparent elections, saying the preparations of all departments are complete in this regard.

He expressed these views while addressing a meeting regarding election preparation here. Besides, Secretary Local Government and Rural Development (LG&RD) Daud Khan, Special Secretary Muhammad Masood, Coordinator Local Governments Sajid Gul and other relevant officials also attended the meeting.

On this occasion, the authorities gave a detailed briefing on the measures taken in connection with preparations for the general election in the province, challenges of facilities in the polling station for the election staff and other weather and security measures.

The authorities said that besides the security plan, the services of Education, Health, Higher Education, Local Governments and Rescue 1122 will also be obtained. A detailed discussion was also held on sensitive polling stations in the province. The authorities also gave a detailed briefing on the transport, food and other facilities for polling staff in remote areas on the day of the election.

Prior permission for rallies and public meetings of political leaders from the Deputy Commissioner concerned also comes under discussion during the meeting. The provincial minister said that soon the Chief Election Commissioner will visit the entire province and review the election arrangements.

The authorities said that there are 14,310 total polling stations in the province, including 5896 sensitive polling stations, 1274 snow-affected polling stations and 120 flood-affected polling stations. According to the authorities, there are 2,16,00000 voters in the province, out of which 54% are men.

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