Training of election officials starts in Rawalpindi district

Final voter lists will be displayed at the end of May

RAWALPINDI: In preparation for the upcoming elections training of Returning Officers (ROs), Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) and District Election Commissioners (DECs)of Rawalpindi district will start on May 17 and conclude on May 19.

This was announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which had earlier issued notification, appointing 13 ROs and 26 AROs for 13 constituencies of National Assembly and 27 ROs and 54 AROs for 27 constituencies of the provincial assembly in Rawalpindi division.

The ROs and AROs have been appointed for NA-55to NA-67 including two constituencies of Attock, seven of Rawalpindi, two of Chakwal and two constituencies of Jhelum. Similarly, five provincial assembly constituencies from PP-1 to PP-5 in Attock district, 15 constituencies of PP-6 to PP-20 in Rawalpindi district, four constituencies PP-21 to PP-24 in Chakwal district and three Jhelum constituencies from PP-25 to PP-27 are included. Training of the ROs, AROs and DECs of Chakwal, Jhelum and Attock will start from May 21 and conclude on May 23.

Speaking to the media, District Election Commissioner, Rawalpindi-I, Malik Saleem Akhtar said the commission is finalising all the arrangements for upcoming general elections 2018. He explained that under the voter verification campaign, the citizens were given over one month period to check voter lists displayed at 280 important points and get their names corrected.

The final voter lists are being prepared which would be displayed in May end at the office of District Election Commissioner.

Akhtar added that at the moment, there are over 2.95 million voters registered in Rawalpindi district including 1.57 million males and 1.37 female while nearly 47,000 new voters have been registered in Rawalpindi district under the campaign ended recently. ECP had appointed 32 Revising Authorities for Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and Jhelum to receive objections.

 

To a question he said, the training imparted to election staff ended on May 15. He informed that seven ROs and 14 AROs for-57 to NA 63 have been appointed for National Assembly Constituencies in Rawalpindi district. Similarly, 15 ROs and 30 AROs have also been appointed for provincial assembly constituencies of PP-6 to PP-20 in Rawalpindi district. District and Sessions Judge Rawalpindi has been appointed District Returning Officer for Rawalpindi district, he added.  

Published in The Express Tribune, May 17^th, 2018.