Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Senator Rehman Malik has informed the upper house that he has convened a meeting of the committee on July 19 to get briefings from the inspectors general of police, chief secretaries and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to review security arrangements for candidates, voters and polling staff on election day.

Malik pointed out that according to the law, CCTV cameras are to be installed in all 85,000 polling stations. However, according to the ECP, the cameras have been installed at the 22,000 polling stations which have been declared sensitive.

"We will ask to what extent our guideline has been implemented. This is a matter of concern and we will ask ECP about its criteria for declaring a polling station sensitive. We will also make sure ballot papers are not printed at private printing presses." — Rehman Malik

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