Available police strength is insufficient for election security: Briefing to Chief Minister KP

If 56,000 additional personnel are provided, the provincial government will be able to provide security for the general elections. It has been reported that in the current situation, the available manpower of the police is insufficient for the security of the general elections. An important meeting regarding law and order was held under the chairmanship of the caretaker chief minister Muhammad Azam Khan, in which the chief secretary, IG, interior secretary and police. Other senior officials participated. In the meeting, the overall security situation of the province was reviewed in the context of the general elections, while in the meeting, a detailed briefing was given to the caretaker chief minister on various aspects of security. I was informed that for the first time general elections will be held simultaneously in the annexed districts and arranged districts of the province. In the current situation, the available manpower of the police is insufficient for the security of the general elections. Skew of simultaneous elections More than 56,000 additional personnel are required for Rati, 1,500 personnel of the Frontier Corps are required for the security of important political leaders during the election campaign. It was told in the briefing that if the required additional personnel are provided, the provincial government will provide security for the general elections. The Chief Minister will inform the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about the situation in the light of the briefing and recommendations given by the concerned authorities.