The process of delivery of election materials to presiding officers and polling staff across the country has started

The process of delivery of election materials to presiding officers and polling staff across the country has started

The polling materials will be delivered to the polling stations under police security, the delivery of the materials will be completed by 6 pm, District Returning Officers

All the preparations for the February 8 elections are complete, the process of delivery of electoral materials to the presiding officers and polling staff across the country has started. 

The delivery of the polling materials will be completed by 6 pm while being delivered to the polling stations under police security.

For the general election, 14 lakh 90 thousand election staff will perform the duties for the election, the non-final unofficial result of each constituency will be released from the offices of the returning officers. 90 thousand 675 polling stations and 2 lakh 66 thousand 398 polling booths have been established.

7 crore 32 lakh 7 thousand 896 voters will use their right to vote to elect their representatives on 141 seats of the National Assembly and 297 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Punjab. 2 crore 69 lakhs on 61 seats of the National Assembly and 130 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Sindh. 

1 million 83 thousand 29 voters will choose their representatives on 3 seats of National Assembly from Islamabad.

Similarly, 2 crore 19 lakh 28 thousand 119 registered voters of the province will be able to exercise their right to vote on 45 seats of the National Assembly and 115 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while 53 lakhs will be able to exercise their right to vote on 16 seats of the National Assembly and 51 seats of the Provincial Assembly from Balochistan. 

Pakistan Army has been deployed at the most sensitive polling stations. 

But to control the law and order situation, the presiding officers have been given the powers of magistrate first class.