ECP notifies DROs, ROs for general elections

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification of the appointment of district returning officers (DROs), returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) for the general elections scheduled to be conducted in the country on February 8, 2024, the spokesperson for the commission said in a tweet on Saturday.

“ln pursuance of theprovisions of Section 50 of the Elections Act, 2012 (Act No. XXX|ll of 2017), the Election Commission of Pakistan publishes herewith, for general information, a list of District Returning Officers appointed for the District noted against them in connection with the conduct of General Elections-2024 to the Constituencies of the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies falling within their administrative jurisdiction,” said the notification.

Thirty-six DROs have been appointed for the National Assembly elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 41 in Punjab, 30 in Sindh, 36 in Balochistan, and one in Islamabad.

Forty-five ROs have been notified for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, three in Islamabad, 141 in Punjab, 60 in Sindh and 15 in Balochistan.

For the provincial assembly elections, 155 ROs and AROs have been notified in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 297 in Punjab, 130 in Sindh, and 51 in Balochistan.

The notified officers have been directed to assume their responsibilities immediately. According to the notification, the political parties contesting the elections to the seats reserved for women and non-Muslims to the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan will file separate lists of their candidates in order of priority with the respective returning officers by the last date of the filling of nomination papers as per the election programme.