Elections 2018: CCTV cams to be installed at sensitive polling stations

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 elections for four days.Checkout the latest update of Pakistan Elections 2018

It was decided that heightened security measures will be taken for the upcoming general elections keeping in mind the recent attack on Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal. The chief secretaries from Punjab, Sindh

and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) attended the meeting. “Providing security at the polling stations is a big challenge,” ECP Secretary Babar Yaqoob was quoted as saying during the meeting. He said the ECP risked sabotage if any of the returning officers (RO) faced any kind of security risk. “The attack on the interior minister is before everyone,” Yaqoob stated.

Some reports claimed that the ECP was considering last week of July to conduct the general elections, however spokesman of the Election Commission of Pakistan Altaf Ahmad Khan dispelled the impression that the meeting considered July or finalised July 26 as the date for elections. He was of the view that the matter of election date didn’t come under discussion.