The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalised the schedule for the training of the staff for the local bodies’ (LBs) elections as the commission has started making preparations for the polls, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday. 

Quoting sources, the channel reported that training of the staff for holding LBs elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will commence in the middle of next month (October).

In the first phase, sources added, the ECP officials would impart training to the election staff on field, while in the second phase district returning officers and returning officers would be trained. 

They further told 24News that presiding officers as well as assistant presiding officers would be imparted training in the third phase. 

Reporter Zeeshan Bhatti