Three Districts' Elections Officers Training To Start On May 21

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th May, 2018 ) :In preparation for the upcoming general elections, the training of Returning Officers (ROs), Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) and District Election Commissioners (DECs) of three districts of Rawalpindi division, Chakwal, Jhelum and Attock will start on Monday and conclude on Wednesday.

The ROs, AROs and DECs of Rawalpindi district imparted special training during May 17 to 19. This was announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan 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 Provincial Assembly in Rawalpindi Division.

The ROs and AROs have been appointed for NA-55 to 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.

Accoridng to Regional Election Commission office, District Election Commission is finalizing all the arrangements for upcoming general elections 2018. Under the voter verification campaign, the citizens were given over one month period to check voter lists displayed at 280 important points and get corrected their Names.

The final voter lists are being prepared which would be finalized till May 20. At the moment, there are over 2.95 million voters registered in Rawalpindi district including 1.57 million male 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. The training started for election staff of the district completed here on May 15. Seven ROs and 14 AROs for NA-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 Session Judge Rawalpindi has been appointed District Returning Officer for Rawalpindi district while over 25,000 personnel of different government departments were selected for Rawalpindi district and imparted training during April 25 to May 15 for smooth holding of the general elections.

Preliminary polling schemes have been handed over to Deputy Commissioners and District Returning Officers which will be finalized till May 29.