Islamabad (July 20, 2018): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released details on Friday about the number of polling staff and security personnel that will be working on July 25.
The election management body stated that 1.6 million electoral staff will be working on Election Day.According to the ECP, there will be 449,465 policemen deployed on the day of the election out of which 202,100 will be posted in Punjab and Islamabad while 100,500 policemen will be stationed in Sindh.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), 87,269 policemen will be on duty, according to the ECP.
Moreover, there will also be 300,071 army personnel will also be deployed across the country.The notification further states that there will two members of the army posted inside the polling station while two will be posted outside.
From the ECP staff, there will be 85,307 presiding officers on duty on July 25 — one at every polling station — with 510,356 assistant presiding officers and 255,178 polling officers on duty.
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