Local government representatives of Upper and Lower Chitral take oath.

CHITRAL -- Deputy Commissioner Upper Chitral, Manzoor Ahmad, in the capacity of District Returning Officer administered oath to the newly elected chairmen, village chairmen, councilors and lady councilors here during a ceremony at a local hotel.

In the first phase of the ceremony, oath was administered to Chairman tehsil Mastooj, Sardar Hakim and Chairman tehsil Tor Koh Malko, Jamshed Mir. The Returning Officer administered oath to the village chairman while the Assistant Election Commissioner administered oath to members of village council and women councilors.

The number of chairmen at village council was 17 while 102 members of village council took oath of their new responsibilities. In tehsil Malko Tor Kaho, 22 village council chairmen, 132 members of village council and 39 women councilors were administered oath.

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