PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan has fixed Jan 25 for elections of presiding officers of city/tehsil councils in 36 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for which meetings of the respective councils will be held the same day.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa`s provincial election commissioner Shamshad Khan has called upon all the members of the councils, who are electoral college, to elect their respective presiding officers on the said date.

In a press release issued on Wednesday, the provincial election commissioner stated that the ECP had already issued a notification in this regard.

He stated that the ECP had also appointed returning officers for the said elections and they had also been imparted necessary orientation/training on Jan 16.

Nomination forms could be obtained from the offices of the returning officers (ROs) concerned, which could be submitted on Jan 25 till 1pm.

He said that scrutiny of the nomination papers would be held the same day.

He explained that polling would be held through open division from 2pm to 5pm. He added that members of the said council would enter the name of candidate of his/her choice in the register and the RO should declare the candidate as returned who would obtain majority of the votes.

He added that the returned candidates should take oath from the RO concerned on the same day.