PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Justice (retd) Syed Arshad Hussain was Tuesday informed that 4,812 polling stations out of total of 15,737 across the province have been declared the most sensitive for the general elections 2024 slated for February 8.
Chief Minister presided over an important meeting of the provincial government regarding holding General Elections 2024. Additional Chief Secretary Home Muhammad Abid Majeed, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Akhtar Hayat Khan Gandapur, provincial ministers and other relevant officials attended the meeting.
The CM was briefed that 6,581 polling stations have been declared sensitive while 4,344 polling stations have been declared normal.
The participants of the meeting were informed that for the first time, general elections for national and provincial assemblies are going to be held simultaneously in the settled and merged districts of the province. It is to mention here that the elections would be held for 45 general seats of the National Assembly and 115 general seats of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
The authorities told the meeting that the total number of registered voters in the province is 2,1692,381. Briefing about the security arrangements in the province, it was informed that 11 security personnel would be deployed at each most sensitive polling station in the southern belt and merged districts of the province, whereas seven security personnel would be deployed at each most sensitive polling stations in the rest of the districts.
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Similarly, seven security personnel would be deployed at each of the sensitive polling stations and four security personnel at each of the normal polling stations in the merged and southern districts.
The chief minister directed all the Divisional Commissioners, RPOs, Deputy Commissioners and DPOs to ensure implementation of the plans and decisions of the provincial government in letter and spirit for smooth conduct of the elections.
He made it clear that code of conduct issued by the ECP for general elections must be implemented at all levels.
