Islamabad (July 19, 2018): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has planned special security measures for 17,007 highly sensitive polling stations.
According to an ECP official, the Commission will ensure security of voters for having better turnout and for this security plan has been prepared. He said that 5,878 of the polling stations have been declared as highly sensitive in the country.
The official said total 85,307 polling stations, including 23,424 male, 21,707 female, 40,133 combined and 43 improvised ones, would be set up in all the four provinces, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Federal Capital to ensure better turnout on the polling day.
He said 47,813 polling stations would be set up in Punjab, 17,747 in Sindh, 12,634 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 4,420 in Balochistan, 797 in the Federal Capital and 1,896 in FATA.
He said the Commission had placed all the details regarding final polling scheme on its official web portal for the voters’ facilitation by ensuring the compliance with basic fundamental right under the Constitution related to the right to information.
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