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RAWALPINDI: Each designated officer in-charge of armed forces deployed for security at polling stations shall exercise power of magistrate first class, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Tuesday through a notification to this effect. The notification said deployment of the armed forces shall be made for provision of secure environment in conduct of election in free, fair, and transparent manner. "Military troops will be deployed inside and outside all the polling stations from July 23 to 27," it…

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday shared on its website the list of polling stations for the general elections 2018. Voters can now check their respective polling station by visiting here. The list contains the names, addresses and marking of booths for National and provincial assemblies. Meanwhile, the ECP has also categorized the polling stations for the upcoming elections as normal, sensitive and highly sensitive, with 20,000 of them declared sensitive. Altaf Ahmed, the spokesperson of…

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan has identified 4,154 highly sensitive polling stations across Sindh including 1977 in Karachi – the highest in any of the cities. According to the ECP, rest of the sensitive polling stations are located in other cities including 1206 in Hyderabad, 176 in Mirpurkhas, 124 in Shaheed Benazir, 289 in Sukkur and 382 in Larkana. The statistics was shared by Chief Secretary Major (retd) Azam Suleman while briefing the Sindh Cabinet. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of…

KARACHI: Sindh cabinet on Friday decided to install surveillance cameras at highly sensitive polling stations to record polling proceedings of General Elections 2018. "The main task of the caretaker government is to pave way for free, fair and transparent election by providing all the basic facilities and maintain law and order. We have to maintain public order, pre-empt terrorist threats and implement code of conduct," said Sindh Chief Minister Fazul-ur_Rehman while chairing a meeting here at New Sindh Secretariat.…

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) convened a key meeting to review progress over procurement of security cameras for installation, provision of missing facilities at polling stations and availability of sufficient polling staff. The meeting was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza. It was informed during a meeting, attended by chief secretaries of all provinces, that security cameras would be installed at most sensitive polling stations during the upcoming general…

LAHORE: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) presiding over a meeting on local bodies elections in Punjab urged the officials to perform their duty without any fear and intimidation.

MIRPURKHAS: Polling has been underway in Sindh Assembly constituency PS-67 in Mirpurkhas, ARY News reported on Thursday.

KARACHI/LAHORE: Amid sporadic incidents of violence and mismanagement on part of the election authorities, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People’s Party led vote tally in Punjab and Sindh, respectively after unofficial results of the local government elections started to pour in, ARY News reported.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalized its preparations for the first phase of the local councils elections in Sindh and Punjab scheduled to be held on October 31st, ARY News reported on Thursday.

LAHORE: The electioneering for hotly contested by-election in NA-122 of Lahore ended last night with 17 candidates in the field, ARY News reported on Saturday.