• Police have announced the security setup for the polls
• 52,591 police personnel will perform security duties
• Frontier Corps troops will be deployed at sensitive polling stations

KARACHI: Police have made all security arrangements for the Local Government elections being held in Karachi on January 15.

According to reports, police will deploy 52,591 officers to perform security duties in the city. This includes 35,360 personnel of Karachi Police while 17,231 have been brought from other districts of Sindh.

Police officials said 2700 personnel have been brought from interior Sindh to South Zone, while 6,833 personnel have been brought from Sindh to East Zone. Police have deployed 7,698 additional personnel in West Zone, officials added.

The security personnel at all training centers across Sindh, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) unit, Special Security Unit (SSU), and district personnel have been called.

Police said 6-8 officials will be posted in the highly sensitive polling station. The reserve force will be used immediately to deal with an emergency situation

Meanwhile, Ministry of Interior has ordered deployment of Frontier Constabulary (FC) troops outside all highly sensitive and sensitive polling stations during LG elections in Karachi, Hyderabad and Thatta divisions.

The Interior Ministry wrote a letter to ECP and mentioned that the exact number of troops and area of deployment will be finalized by the ministry, election commission, Government of Sindh and FC officials.

The armed forces refused to arrange static deployment at various polling stations.  Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have warned of terror threat during the polls.

It must be mentioned that the ECP has categorized all 8,924 polling stations as either sensitive or most sensitive.

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