PESHAWAR: Provincial Election Commissioner (EC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shamshad Khan chairing a meeting of Gender and Disability Electoral Working Group stressed upon civil society to support efforts of election commission to increase turnout. The meeting was also attended by Joint Provincial Election Commission, Javaid Rehmat, Director Local Government Election, Zulfiqar Ahmad and representatives of civil society. APP
Addressing the meeting, Shamshad Khan said that voter education committees have been constituted at district level to discuss matters relating to electoral process.
He also appreciated inputs and proposals of stakeholders and said that election commission is continuously working to increase participation of women and marginalized segments in election.
He said that efforts are underway to eliminate gender discrimination in voting process aiming increase voter registration and strengthen democratic system.
Earlier, participants were briefed about importance of vote and registration of women voters.
