Punjab

Awareness strategies: ECP starts training of election officers

Voter Education Training will be imparted to nine regional election commissioners 43 district election commissioners

Our Correspondent October 02, 2016

Speakers at the inaugural session informed the participants that the training was part of its five-year Strategic Plan (2014-2018) for capacity-building of ECP officers and getting them to adopt and execute Voter Education/Awareness strategies suitable for varied demographic settings throughout the Punjab. PHOTO: ECP.GOV.PK

LAHORE: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) launched on Saturday a comprehensive Voter Education Training in all provinces in preparation to general elections in 2018.

The training sessions for Punjab were inaugurated by provincial election commissioner, Punjab, Masood Ahmed Malik, and additional director-general (training and gender affairs) Nighat Siddique from Islamabad.

The Voter Education Training will be imparted to nine regional election commissioners, 43 district election commissioners and 40 election officers posted in Punjab.

Speakers at the inaugural session informed the participants that the training was part of its five-year Strategic Plan (2014-2018) for capacity-building of ECP officers and getting them to adopt and execute Voter Education/Awareness strategies suitable for varied demographic settings throughout the Punjab.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 2^nd, 2016.