Pakistan Army and law enforcement agencies are determined to provide a peaceful environment to voters: Photo: File
Islamabad: Lakhs of security personnel were deployed across the country to make the general elections peaceful.
On the request of the Election Commission of Pakistan, 106,942 personnel of the Quick Response Force were deployed while 23,940 security personnel will perform duty permanently during the election.
A total of 130882 personnel of Pakistan Army and Civil Armed Forces will be on election duty. A total of 465,736 police personnel will be deployed across the country.
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To maintain the law and order situation, a total of 596618 personnel of Army, Civil Armed Forces and Police will perform election duty. 216000 police personnel will be deployed for the peaceful conduct of elections in Punjab.
110720 policemen in Sindh province, 92535 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 46481 in Balochistan will perform duty. Pakistan Army and law enforcement agencies are committed to provide a peaceful environment to the voters
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