Female voters in Pakistan's dangerous northwest turn out to vote despite the fear of violence and threats, in Charsada, 45 kilometers from Peshawar, Pakistan, where Pakistan's former interior minister and candidate Aftab Ahmed Sherpao survived two suicide attacks, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Pakistanis voted Monday for a new parliament in elections shadowed by fears of violence and questions about the political survival of President Pervez Musharraf America's key ally in the war on terror. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has accelerated the process of registering new voters in FATA for the upcoming general elections.
According to a spokesman of the Election Commission of Pakistan, more than 93,000 new voters have been registered for the two National Assembly constituencies NA-43 and NA-44 in Bajaur Agency.
The spokesman said 138 registration centers will soon be set up for the final round of voters’ registration in the agency.
