GUJRAT, Dec 1: The Election Commission of Pakistan has formally requisitioned the deployment of Rangers in all the polling stations of NA- 107 Kharian/Sara-i-Alamgir where by-poll is scheduled for Dec 4.

The district administration has declared a local holiday in both Kharian and Sara-i-Alamgir tehsils on the polling day.

District Election Commissioner Majid Sharif Dogar told Dawn that the Rangers were being deployed in all the 281 polling stations.

He said security cameras would also be installed in some two dozen sensitive polling stations.

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