Commissioner Dera Zafar-ul-Islam Khattak has said that the divisional administration has completed all preparations regarding the upcoming general elections. While talking to journalists at his office, the commissioner said the provincial government held a joint meeting with representatives of the Election Commission, divisional and district administrations, police, and political parties to set standard operating procedures (SoPs) for the upcoming elections.
All the political parties could carry out their election campaigns under the SOPs set by the provincial government, he added. The training process for AROs and ROs would be completed within a few days. Replying to a question regarding the postponement of the anti-polio campaign in Dera Ismail Khan, the commissioner said the eradication of poliovirus from the country was a national cause.
The unit-polio campaign was postponed in Dera Ismail Khan after some unfortunate incidents and due to ongoing operations being conducted to establish law and order in the area. However, he mentioned that efforts were being made by the divisional and district administrations, police, and law and force agencies to restart the polio campaign as soon as possible. He said numerous land-related and other disputes have been going on between different local communities for the last decades.
