ECP to set up 14,487 display centers across country

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will start setting up 14,487 display centers from Monday across the country.

According to details, these display centers will be established for registration, correction or removal of names from voters’ lists.

The 7,928 display centers will be set up in Punjab, 2,585 in Sindh, 2,545 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1,429 in Balochistan.

The commission has included the names of all those in voters lists who received their national identity card from period 2013 to 2018.

The 8,100,000 new voters have been registered while the names of 800,000 voters have been removed from the voters lists while the draft voter list contains around 104 million voters.

The commission has updated its 8300 short message service (SMS) and asked the voters to check the details of their vote registration by sending SMS with CNIC number to 8300.

Chief Election Commissioner Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza said the registration of country’s youth besides men and women as voters was essential as their participation was a must in democratic process.

He said it was a best chance for them to register as voters before 2018 general election.