Police teams have started patrolling sensitive areas in Faisalabad during the ongoing polling process.

A police spokesman said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has established a total of 3,687 polling stations in the district, where 475 polling stations were declared most sensitive and 1,695 declared sensitive.

The police department has made tight security arrangements for these polling stations by deploying more than 16,900 security, the spokesperson said. He added that the dolphin force, elite force and quick response force were activated for thorough patrolling especially in sensitive areas to avert any untoward incident.

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