*ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to conductJuly 25 elections under the supervision of the army.*
The ECP has written a letter to the Defence Ministry seeking deployment of350,000 military personnel for the elections.
The letter said that military personnel would be needed to maintain law andorder situation across the country.
It said that the soldiers would be deployed inside and outside the pollingstations during the balloting exercise.
It may be noted here that the ECP has established 185,000 polling stationsfor the July 25 elections.