Army troops, Rangers and police took control of over 17,000 polling stations in Sindh for holding free, fair and transparent general elections.

The polling stations have been given under their control in view of the law and order concerns and for the safe transportation of all election material, which would be delivered to polling stations today under the supervision of the army.

According to the election commission, 29,608 policemen would be deployed in Karachi; 22,228 in Hyderabad; 8,772 in Mirpurkhas; 12,664 in Shaheed Benazirabad and Sukkur and 14,020 in Larkana.

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