PESHAWAR: An awareness session was held in the office of Provincial Election Commissioner Khyber Pakhtunkhwa organized by Blue Vans regarding the participation of minority women as voters and candidates in the general elections. Director Elections Asif Ali Yasin, Deputy Director Media Coordination Sohail Ahmed Deputy Director Monitoring and Training Muhammad Imran, Assistant Director Gender and Social Inclusion Arooba Ali and Aliza Mahfouz of Blue Vans participated in the voter awareness session. Women belonging to the minority community participated in the session.Alize Mahfouz of Blue Vans welcomed the Election Commission team and informed the participants about the objectives of the session. Director Elections Asif Ali Yasin said about the election process, importance of vote, candidate eligibility and procedure of submission of documents, constitutional and legal framework and measures to be taken for inclusive and credible elections including minority community and deprived classes. DLP Report
The participants took keen interest in the session and asked many relevant questions which were answered by Director Elections Asif Ali Yasin.
Apart from this, several women representatives shared their experience and offered some suggestions to increase the turnout in the next general elections. Asif Ali Yasin assured cooperation on behalf of the Election Commission.
