Sindh police have prepared a contingency plan for the forthcoming general election on Feb 8 under which 143,156 police personnel and volunteers would be deployed for the security of all polling stations, buildings, polling material etc. across the province.

According to a report submitted to the IGP Sindh Riffat Mukhtar Raja, there are a total of 14,052 polling buildings and 19,008 polling stations categorised as the most sensitive, sensitive and normal.

The report said there were a total of 6,801 most sensitive, 6,550 sensitive and 5,657 normal polling stations.

Out of a total of 143,156 policemen/volunteers, 95,400 would be deployed for security of polling stations, 10,648 personnel would be part of the “quick response force” while 37,108 would be volunteers/private security guards who would perform security duty.

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