116 polling stations declared sensitive in Lakki

LAKKI MARWAT: The administration has declared 116 polling stations sensitive in the Lakki Marwat district as sensitive for the local government elections slated for May 30, official sources said.
The sources said most of the stations declared sensitive included Tajazai, Abbakhel, Takhtikhel, Chowarkhel, Jangkhel, Shamoni Khattak, Daraka Sulemankhel, Tajori, Bragi and Walai Sagai.
The sources said that the woman voters had been disallowed to use their right to vote in the past elections in certain villages and added that the practice might continue in the local government elections as well.
Some of the villages where the women voters were banned to cast their votes included Gaoraka Shah Hussain, Gaoraka Saeedkhel, Mirazam Khankhel, Daraka Sulemankhel, Bragi, Walai Sagai, Bhana Manjiwala and Mandan Manjiwala.
District Police Officer (DPO) Syed Ali Akbar Shah said that all the security arrangements have been finalised for holding the local government elections in a peaceful environment.He said that in addition to the police personnel, the security forces would also be deployed at almost all the polling stations specially the sensitive ones.