PESHAWAR
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police have cancelled the vacations of police personnel ahead of the Local Government (LG) elections in the remaining 65 tehsils (sub-districts) of the province on 31 March.
The Inspector General (IG) Moazzam Jah Ansari on Monday directed all on-leave personnel to report to the concerned stations. The IGP also directed the police high-ups not to accept leave applications until the completion of the election process on 31 March.
Earlier, The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had declared 1609 polling stations as most sensitive, and 2319 as sensitive and 2069 normal, urging the KP police to ensure foolproof security arrangements. The highest number of 101 polling stations has been declared “most sensitive” in Shangla by the district election commission office. In Shangla, there are a total of 337 polling stations of which 125 polling stations have been declared “sensitive”.
During a high-level meeting of the police and the ECP officials, the ECP informed that 8.57 million voters will exercise their right to vote for which 6,176 polling stations have been established. The ECP urged the police chief to deploy security personnel according to the nature of the polling station. The administration in Shangla has decided to deploy lady health workers for security purposes at the women polling stations in the district.
