K-P CM sets up election monitoring room
An election officer marks the finger of a voter with indelible ink during a local election in Uttar Pradesh state. PHOTO: AP
To ensure the peaceful conduct of the upcoming General Elections 2024, an Emergency Control Room has been established at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Peshawar.
Operational from 7th to 9th February 2024, it will oversee coordination, information dissemination, and emergency response in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Mohsin Iqbal, Deputy Secretary of the Secretariat, has been appointed as the Focal Person/In-charge. The Emergency Control Room can be reached via UAN No. 091-111-712-713, Fax No. 091-9210707, and Whatsapp No. 0343-2222949.
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Additionally, district administration and Peshawar police will set up separate control rooms to monitor polling processes. Precautionary measures include a police flag march in the city prior to polling day and a finalized strategy for the safe transportation of election materials, as decided in a meeting chaired by Commissioner Peshawar.
Police have also decided to carry out a flag march in the city one day ahead of polling and a strategy has been finalized to transport election material safely. This was decided at a meeting presided over by Commissioner Peshawar.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2024.