Recommendation 12 (Election Administration) Pakistan 2008
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/PK/pakistan-final-report-national-and-provincial-2/at_download/file
All District Returning Officers and Returning Officers should be fully under the central management and fully accountable to the ECP. If temporary appointments to these positions are made, there should be consultation with electoral stakeholders, especially political parties, and an effective and timely mechanism for objections against proposed appointments should be established. Any state personnel acting in these positions should not be concurrently undertaking responsibilities from their permanent position.