GHQ excuses from army, Rangers stationing in Sindh LB polling stations
Pakistan
Static deployments not feasible, first-level deployment provincial responsibility, says GHQ
LAHORE (Dunya News) - In response to stationing of the army and Rangers outside polling stations in Karachi, Hyderabad and Thattha, the GHQ has excused from sparing soldiers for the static stationing.
Umar Hameed, the secretary of the election commission, has received a letter from the Interior Ministry in this regard, Dunya News has reported.
According to the Interior Ministry, the matter of the army and Rangers deployment was brought up with the GHQ which responded that such a huge number of static deployments were not feasible and that the first-level static deployment was the province s responsibility.
The GHQ has reportedly already informed the Interior Ministry that static deployment was not feasible at sensitive polling stations and that it was not practicable to provide security protection for election personnel and equipment. According to the GHQ, the Election Commission should designate 500 important polling stations so that Rangers could be stationed outside those locations.
