Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started formal training of District Returning Officers and Returning Officers for the upcoming general elections.           

Addressing the inaugural ceremony of training in Peshawar, Member Election Commission, Justice (Retd) Mrs. Irshad Qaiser said we are committed to hold free and fair elections in the country.

She said all necessary arrangements have completed for this purpose.

She said reforms have been introduced in Election Act 2017 to ensure transparency of the elections.

Provincial Election Commissioner Pir Maqbool Ahmed also spoke on the occasion.

Earlier, all the thirty-three District Returning Officers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA took oath to hold elections in an impartial and transparent manner.

Training for the district returning officers and returning officers also began in Quetta.

Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza will inaugurate the training program for the district returning officers and returning officers of Punjab in Lahore tomorrow.