2050 Polling Stations established in Pindi

RAWALPINDI—Overall 2050 poling stations have been established for seven seats of the National Assemblies and 14 Provincial Assembly seats in the District to hold elections in a smooth and organised manner.
The constituency of each National Assembly seat would have 300 polling stations while 4 to 6 Polling Booths would be setup in each polling station.
The places and educational institutions which used for the elections purpose in the pervious local bodies and National Assembly Elections have been selected while nearly 22,000 Polling Staff would be appointed aimed to conduct free, fair and transparent elections. The services of staff of Education Department, Local Bodies and judiciary would be utilized to conduct elections and the Election Commission of Pakistan in this regard has sought the lists of the staff. The employees would get special bonus.
The two-day training would also be provided to the staff aiming to stop the casting of fake votes while all Presiding Officers would also get the powers of Magistrate Grade 1st who would award punishment and fine to elements creating disturbance in polling process.—Online