The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has approved the appointment of Returning Officers (ROs) and District Returning Officers (DROs) for the forthcoming general elections scheduled for February 8, 2024, VOS News reported on Monday.
The ECP approved the appointment of 859 ROs and 142 DROs for the general elections 2024.
The approval was given in a high-level session chaired by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, as per media reports.
The commission is expected to issue a formal notification regarding the appointments today. The concerned officials sent a list of officers to the commission for the appointments.
Sources added that a notification has been prepared regarding the appointment of bureaucracy officers as the ROs and DROs. The concerned officials prepared the list of the officers after their confirmation for the election duties.
Additionally, the ECP also prepared the training schedule for the returning officers and district returning officers. The district returning officers will attend the training session at the provincial election commission offices, whereas, the returning officers will be given training at the divisional offices.
The provincial election commissioners will administer oath to the DROs, said sources, adding that DROs will administer oath to the ROs in the respective districts.
It was learnt that deputy commissioners (DCs) of all districts were being appointed as the DROs and ADCs will be appointed as the ROs for the National Assembly (NA) seats.
