PESHAWAR - The Election Commission (ECP) has fixed January 25 as the date for holding city/tehsil councils in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has asked the members of the councils/electoral colleges to elect presiding officers for their respective councils. Provincial Election Commissioner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shamshad Khan said that an official notification has been issued by the ECP in this regard. The ECP has already appointed ROs for the polling, who have also imparted necessary orientation/training on 16th January 2023 of this month, he added. Furthermore, nomination forms could be obtained from the offices of ROs concerned, which could be submitted on 25th January 2023 till 1:00pm with the RO concerned. He also informed that scrutiny of the nomination papers would be held on the same day. About the mode of the election, he explained that polling would be held through open division on 25th January 2023 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. The member of the said council should enter the name of the candidate of his choice in the register and the RO should declare the candidate who gets more votes as returned. The returning candidate would take oath from the concerned RO on the same day
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