The Federal Interior Ministry has declined to deploy army and rangers’personnel at polling stations during the elections for the vacant seats ofnational assembly and provinces, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has requested the ministry forstatic deployment of security personnel outside the sensitive and mostsensitive polling stations during the elections in Punjab and KhyberPakhtunkhwa besides the 64 national assembly’s vacant seats.
In reply to the ECP, the interior ministry made an apology for giving Army,Rangers, and FC personnel for general elections.
The ministry cleared that it was not possible to appoint officials forelections in 64 constituencies and provinces. However, it added that PunjabRangers will be present in the second circle only for the by-elections ofthe National Assembly in Rajanpur.
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The ministry added that security officials are performing their duties onthe internal and external borders of the country in view of the risingthreat of terrorism.
