The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday appointed district returning officers (DROs) and returning officers (ROs) to supervise election on 16 seats of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly in the merged tribal districts of the province.
According to the electoral body, the schedule for election would be released in the last week of this month. The ECP has appointed district returning officers in the eight districts of the province and returning officers in the 16 provincial assembly constituencies where election is to be held.
Besides, the provincial election commissioner was appointed as returning officer for election on four reserved seats for women and one for minorities.
Last week, a spokesperson of ECP had said updated electoral lists containing more than 26 million voters were provided to all relevant districts.
The ECP determined and notified in January the share of tribal districts in the provincial assembly seats. The decision was in line with Article 106 of the Constitution amended through the 25th constitutional amendment in May last year.
Under the amendment, the elections for these seats were to be held within a year after the 2018 general elections.
Out of 16 provincial assembly seats determined for the erstwhile tribal districts, the Bajaur and Khyber will have three general seats each in the provincial assembly, Mohmand, Kurram, North Waziristan and South Waziristan will have two seats each while one seat will go to Orakzai and the frontier regions each.
The KP Assembly, under the amended Article 106, will have a total of 145 seats including 115 general seats, 26 seats reserved for women and four for non-Muslim communities. Of the total 145 seats in the KP Assembly, the tribal districts will have 21 seats, including 16 general, four for women and one reserved for non-Muslims.
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