ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Caretaker Federal Minister for Interior Gohar Ejaz has said that the government would leave no stone unturned to provide security on election day, adding that about 650,000 security personnel had been deployed across the country to ensure security during the February 8 General Elections.
Addressing a press conference along with Minister for Information Murtaza Solangi here on Tuesday, the Interior Minister further said that 90,777 polling stations had been established in the country, among which 44,000 polling stations had been declared normal, 29,985 sensitive while 16,766 were declared as highly sensitive. “Each polling station would be provided seven to eight security personnel on average,” he said
Minister Encourages Voters to Cast Vote During General Elections
Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting, and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi stated that over 120 million Pakistanis would cast their votes to elect public representatives of their own choice and would fulfill their constitutional responsibility.
The minister further said that conducting a successful and peaceful election on time would also provide a clear message to the claims of those rumor-mongers who were creating confusion about the delay in elections, adding that the caretaker setup would prove them wrong.
Solangi further said that the Pakistani nation had been fighting the menace of terrorism for decades, and from 2008 to 2013, the law-and-order situation in the country was highly deteriorating. However, he added that a few incidents of terrorism could not deter the people of the country from utilizing the right to vote in large numbers for the betterment of the country.
Solangi also informed that the Ministry of Information had launched an online media helpline for the facilitation of local and foreign journalists during the elections.
