Monday, May 28, 2012

Pakistan: Women to vote for first time in a NWFP district

Pakistan: Women to vote for first time in a NWFP district


Sources said that the contesting candidates and the male voters had reached an understanding that the women in the rural areas of the district would be kept away from the polling stations.

They said that a local Jirga (council of elders), held here the other day, decided to allow the female voters to cast their ballot at about 12 polling stations.

The Jirga also decided to keep the men out of these polling stations and sought deployment of police personnel on these points. The February 18 election on the seat had been postponed due to the death of a candidate, Ayaz Khan, who was a former provincial minister.

http://www.newageislam.com/pakistan--women-to-vote-for-first-time-in-a-nwfp-district/islamic-society/d/150


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