The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has displayed voter lists at 61 government schools in cantonment areas to allow the citizens to review the list and have their votes registered till March 20.
The Rawalpindi Cantonment has been bifurcated into two cantonments-Rawalpindi and Chaklala. Each cantonment has further been divided into 10 wards.
District Election Commissioner Nadeem Zubair has also held a meeting with Station Commander Brigadier Zahid Ahmed Rana, Rawalpindi and Chaklala Cantonment Executive Officers Fahim Zafar Khan and Rana Khalil Ahmed to discuss matters pertaining to electoral arrangements.
According to District Election Commissioner Nadeem Zubair, the schedule for local government (LG) polls will be announced after the completion of the voters lists in cantonment areas. He said that the election would be held on a non-party basis as per existing law and the polling schedule would be announced after the commission receives the notification on the Cantonment Ordinance Amendment 2015.
RCB Cantonment Executive Officer Fahim Zafar Khan said that some 400 polling stations would be established for LG polls in the two cantonments.
Political parties have begun preparations for LG polls in cantonment areas.
