ISLAMABAD: Gearing up to approve the final security plan for the polls, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has requested the Ministry of Defence to approve deployment of at least 350,000 armed forces personnel in the upcoming general elections, scheduled on July 25.
The ECP, in this regard has also sent a summary to the minister and awaiting reply. The core purpose of the deployment of military will be maintaining law and order during the elections countrywide.
In the meeting on May 28, the ECP officials had finalised a security plan for the upcoming general elections.
The ECP had already decided to seek assistance of the Pakistan Army and Rangers to ensure the smooth conduct of polls at sensitive polling stations.
Besides, police personnel will also be deployed inside and outside polling stations to ensure implementation of the ECP’s code of conduct.
In the previous meeting, the chief secretaries of all four provinces were asked to give a detailed briefing on the situation of security in their respective provinces, according to sources privy to the meeting.
The chief secretaries assured the electoral body of extending every possible cooperation and assistance in this regard.
Last month, the ECP had reviewed progress over procurement of security cameras for installation and provision of missing facilities at polling stations and availability of sufficient polling staff.
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