PESHAWAR : Polling for local government by-polls on vacant seats of different categories in sixty-five village and neighbourhood councils is underway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The by-elections are being held in twenty-one districts including Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Khyber, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Laki Marwat, DI Khan, Tank, Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Swat, Shangla, Malakand, Upper and Lower Dir and Bajaur.
A total of two-hundred and fifty-six polling stations have been established for this purpose.
The polling will continue till five in the evening without any break.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established a central control room in Islamabad to oversee the local government by-elections.
The control room has been set up and will operate continuously until the final results are received. The control room’s role includes addressing any polling-related complaints that emerge during the elections. Complaints can be submitted 24/7 through phone, fax, or email.
As per an ECP spokesperson, the election process will be monitored by senior officers from the control room.