ECP forms control room to monitor second phase of LB polls
Secretary ECP Babar Yaqoob visited the control room during which he was briefed of the poll process.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A control room has been established in Election Commission office in Islamabad today (Thursday) to monitor the second phase of local body (LB) elections in Punjab and Sindh.
Secretary ECP Babar Yaqoob visited the control room during which he was briefed about the electoral process.
He said that no serious complaints have yet been received regarding the LB polls whereas the election process is underway systematically.
He said that ECP is in contact with Punjab and Sindh governments but still no complaints have been received related to any deteriorated situation.
Voting for the second phase of local bodies elections in 12 districts of Punjab and 14 districts of Sindh has started at 7:30 in the morning and will conclude at 5:30 in the evening.
For Live updates read: LIVE - Polling for second phase of LB elections in Punjab, Sindh begins
In the second phase of LB elections, polling is being held in Punjab’s Sargodha, Gujranwala, Sahiwal, Attock, Jhelum, Mianwali, Chiniot, Toba Tek Singh, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sheikhupura and Khanewal districts.
In Sindh, polling is being held in Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Matiari, Dadu, Jamshoro, Badin, Thatta, Sajawal, Shaheed Benazirabad, Nausharo Feroz, Mirpur Khas, Umerkot and Tharparkar while the polling in Sanghar district has been postponed due to security reasons.
More than 20 million voters will exercise their right to vote in the second phase of LB elections in the two provinces.
Tight security arrangements have been made to ensure free, fair and transparent polling. Over 1 lakh 4 thousand policemen have been deployed for security during second phase of the LB polls in Punjab and the Rangers personnel have been deployed outside and inside the polling stations while as many as 40 companies of Pakistan Army are monitoring the situation.
