The District Returning Officer (DRO) in Nowshera has told DawnNewsTV that the issue regarding women not being allowed to vote has been resolved.

Officials of district administration and the Election Commission of Pakistan held a jirga with local elders who gave the assurance that women will cast their vote.

"The elders assured that after Zuhr namaz, women will go to polling stations to vote," said the DRO.

When asked who stopped the women, the DRO said that it has been the custom in the area. "In the 2013 and 2018 general elections, women did not vote," he said, adding that he hoped they would this time.