GWADAR: Captain (Retd) Jamil Ahmed, Deputy Commissioner, Gwadar/District Returning Officer, Gwadar, has said that like 32 districts of Balochistan province, local bodies election would also be held in Gwadar on Sunday, the May 29, 2022 (today).

In a statement issued here on Saturday, he said that 399 polling booth had been set up in 121 polling stations across the district, adding that all necessary materials to the polling stations would be provided on the day of polling.

He said that foolproof security arrangements during the local bodies election had been made in the district. He said 376 candidates were contesting the positions of general councils in Gwadar, adding that registered votes of the district were 139,103 including 63661 female and 75442 male.