PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The chairman of the election committee of the Provincial Paramedical Asso-ciation, NWFP, Syed Roedad Shah, and its members decided on Thursday to put off the association’s elections scheduled for Jan 12 to Jan 26.

The postponement came on the request of the presidential candidate of the Paramedical Dost Group, Haji Siddique.

The election committee has directed the heads and general-secretaries of all the district/agency headquarter hospitals to ensure the production of national identity cards by the voters during polling.—APP

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