ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Raja Sultan has instructed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector-General of Police to provide security to Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F) election rallies amid threat reports.
The development comes as the interior ministry has warned that there were serious threats to the lives of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Awami National Party provincial president Aimal Wali Khan, according to a private news channel.
In a letter to the chief secretaries and inspector general of police of all provinces and circulated by the ANP, the interior ministry had said it had received reports from reliable sources informing about serious threats to the lives of the Aimal and Maulana.
It is requested that extreme caution and vigilance be exercised and necessary security arrangements be made at Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Aimal Wali Khan’s residences and during movement and public gatherings to avert any untoward incident, it said in a letter.
Meanwhile, JUI-F leader Maulana Hafiz Waqas submitted an application to the Election Commission of Pakistan, seeking security for party workers and rallies ahead of polls.
Responding to the application, CEC Sikandar Raja Sultan directed the KP IG to make necessary security arrangements at the election rallies of JUI-F.
He said that law and order should be maintained in the election campaign.
Security Situation in KP
It is to be noted here that the JUI-F’s chief convoy was targeted in a brazen attack at the Yarik Interchange in Dera Ismail Khan a few days ago.
KP police said vehicles, part of Maulana Fazl’s convoy, went to the Yarak area for refueling when the incident occurred, but he was not present on the spot.
