The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has appointed 33 returning officers (ROs) and 66 assistant returning officers (AROs) in connection with the local government (LG) elections.
A notification to this effect has been issued. No one from the judiciary has been appointed as a ROs or AROs. The new recruits have instead been taken from the district management group, local government departments and the education department.
According to the notification, Assistance Commissioner Saddar Tasneem Ali Khan has been appointed RO union council (UC) 1 to UC 8 while Shaukat Amir and Muhammad Azhar will work as AROs. Mir Muhammad Akmal has been appointed as RO for UC 9 to UC 16 and Tanvir Satti as ARO, Khalid Javed Goraya has been appointed as RO for UC 17 to UC 24, Ahmad Hassan Ranjha as RO for UC 25 to UC32, Imran Shams as RO for UC 33 to UC 40 and Mumtaz Tabassam has been appointed as RO for UC 41 to UC 46.
Assistant Commissioner Tariq Farooq has been appointed as RO for UC 1 to UC 8 for Murree.
