Women in Lower Dir may be allowed to cast votes

In an unprecedented development, all the political and religious parties of Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have expressed willingness to allow the women to cast their votes and demanded of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for increasing the women polling stations in the district.
A meeting of all the political and religious parties was arranged here at the Timergara Rest House by the Jamaat-i-Islami to discuss the forthcoming general elections on Thursday. Local leaders from JI, ANP, JUI-F, PTI, PML-N and other parties attended the meeting.
Participants of the meeting expressed willingness to allow the women to cast their votes in the general elections and said six polling stations for women in the district were quite insufficient. They said the ECP should increase the number of polling stations and provide conducive environment for the polls. The meeting agreed on code of conduct for the elections and decided that ethical norms will be upheld while running the election campaign.