ECP notifies draft list of tribal districts constitutiencies

ECP notifies draft list of tribal districts constitutiencies

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday issued draft list of constituencies, notifying the share of tribal districts belonging to erstwhile Federal Administered Tribal Areas for allocation of seats in the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).

According to ECP notification, a share of 16 seats for provincial assembly of KP has been allocated for eight tribal districts in accordance with provisions of Article 106 of the Constitution as amended vide 25th amendment and in the light of provisional results of 6th Population Census, 2017 officially published on January 3, 2018 by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics

Three provincial assembly seats have been allocated for Bajaur district, while two seats for Mohmand and three seats for Khyber district.

The commission has also allocated two seats for Kurram, one for Orakzai district, two for North Waziristan, two for South Waziristan and one seat for Frontier Regions. - APP