The additional director general of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Haroon Shinwari. has said that the body is fully prepared for the peaceful conduct of elections as it has set up a 24-hour central control room to monitor polls and address public grievances on priority, state-run APP reports.

Talking to a private news channel, he said that district-level central control rooms have been set up for monitoring the election process and redressing grievances.

He stated that these control rooms will continue to function until the results of the elections are declared and the officers in the central control room will monitor the election process along with the monitoring team.

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