2018 ELECTIONS: Chitral locals demand fair polls

CHITRAL: The residents of Chitral have urged the relevant authorities to conduct the 2018 general elections in a “rigging-free” manner. They insisted the electoral process should also be streamlined.

The demands were made at a meeting held in Chitral on Tuesday. The moot was held by a citizen-based initiative.  “The locals have demanded the government [carry out] a census in the country and [subsequently] new constituencies should be formed,” a participant of the meeting said.

They all were also of the view that the government should implement a new procedure to register voters. All these decisions should be taken before the next general elections are held.

The locals have also asked the government to pass a resolution to encourage more women to vote. Locals added there should be a separate building for women voters in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 25^th, 2016.