ECP likely to finalize security plan for general elections 2018 today

Dunya News

The deployment of army personnel at polling station will also come under consideration.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A high-level meeting to review security arrangements for much-anticipated general elections 2018 will be held at Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today..

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sardar Muhammad Raza will preside over the huddle whereas newly appointed chief secretaries and inspector general of police of all four departments will also attend the session.

The deployment of army personnel at polling station will also come under consideration in the meeting.

Earlier, caretaker Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasirul Mulk on Wednesday changed the Inspector General (IGs) and Chief Secretaries of all four provinces.

The was decided in a meeting of the cabinet chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Justice retired Nasir-ul-Mulk in Islamabad on Wednesday.

The posting and transfer of Chief Secretaries (CS) and Inspectors General (IG) of all the four provinces were made to ensure impartial and transparent elections.

Akbar Hussain Durrani has been appointed as Punjab Chief Secretary, Azam Salman Khan Sindh, Akhtar Nazir Balochistan, and Naveed Kamran as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary.

On the other hand, Kaleem Imam was appointed Punjab Inspectors General of Police (IGP), Amjad Javed Saleemi Sindh Inspectors General of Police (IGP), Muhammad Tahir KP Inspectors General of Police (IGP), and Mohsin Hassan Butt Balochistan Inspectors General of Police (IGP).