Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) Pakistan has held polls for the first time for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly seats in the erstwhile Federal Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Terming the polls historic, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's Special Assistant on Media Affairs Iftikhar Durrani said that these elections will help bring peace in the resgion.
Durrani tweeted in the day and wrote that "the sacrifices of the tribal people are no secret" and urged people to cast their vote, calling it their best chance to choose their leaders".
Sixteen districts went to the polls on Saturday. A total 285 candidates are in the fray. Out of these 201 are Independents. As many as 1985 polling booths were set up for these polls.
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz