ECP summons meeting to finalize poll date of LG bye elections in KPK

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has summoned meeting on February 18 to review the security arrangements and to announce the new date of poll of Local Government bye-elections on 4,491 seats in 23 districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkha (KPK).

Chief Secretary KPK , Inspector General Police, Provincial Election Commissioner and other senior officials of the Election Commission and the KPK government, said an official of the commission talking to APP.

On January 21, the ECP had postponed the elections in the light of prevailing situation of threats and high alerts to educational institutions in KPK after Charsadda tragic incident took place in Bacha Khan University where number of persons have been martyred in a terrorist attack.