Voting for second phase of KP LG polls underway

Peshawar: Voting for the second phase of Local Government (LG) elections in 18 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is underway.

Polling started at 8:00 am and will continue till 5:00 pm without any break.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that foolproof security measures have been adopted to maintain law and order during the polling process.

Meanwhile, an Emergency Control Room has been established in Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar for peaceful holding of the election.

Elections are being held for the posts of mayor and chairman of tehsil and city councils and different categories of members in the village and neighborhood councils in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Upper and Lower Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Swat, Malakand, Shangla, Lower and Upper Dir, Upper and Lower Chitral, Kurram, Orakzai, and North and South Waziristan districts.

A total of 6,176 polling stations have been set up for the second phase of the local bodies elections in 18 districts of the province out of which 1,609 polling stations have been declared most sensitive.

A total of 8.057 million voters will cast their votes in the second phase.

More than 54,000 officials have been deployed for security including police and Frontier Constabulary troops.