Traders elections in Landi Kotal

Author: Ahmad Nabi

KHYBER AGENCY: Haji Lal Rahim Shinwari was elected as President of Anjuman-e-Tajran Landi Kotal Bazaar for two years in an election held here on Sunday.

According to the election committee chairman, Shahid Afridi, Haji Lal Rahim Shinwari received 769 votes while his nearest opponent, Safeeullah secured 698 votes. Similarly Salman,Tayyab and Kareemullah bagged 392 and 193 and 171 respectively.

It is to be mentioned here that five candidates took part in the election.

Earlier, the whole bazaar was divided in 13 constituencies and with assistance of local political administration strict security measures were adopted to avoid any untoward incident.

The election timing was fixed from 08 am till 04 pm and total of 2223 shopkeeper’s utilized their votes after which counting process was started.

The election process was conducted under the supervision of Landi Kotal Press Club.

Published in Daily Times, February 5th 2018.

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