Karachi: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has declared 8,153 polling stations either sensitive or most sensitive in the second phase of LG Polls in Sindh Including Karachi and Hyderabad.
The Ministry of Interior has ordered static deployment of Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops outside all highly sensitive and sensitive polling stations during the elections in Karachi, Hyderabad and Thatta divisions.
Interior Ministry, in its letter to ECP, mentioned that the exact number of troops and area of deployment will be worked out by the electoral watchdog, Home Department, and Government of Sindh in consultation with FC authorities
The development came after Pakistan Army Saturday turned down a request for static deployment of troops outside the “sensitive and most sensitive” polling stations.
Responding to the request, GHQ stated that as already intimated given current deployment and very high number of sensitive and most sensitive polling stations, required static deployment and security cover to polling staff and material as “desired by [ECP] is not possible.”
