KARACHI: Sindh Police identified on Wednesday 1150 polling stations as sensitive in the province and asked the election commission to provide extra force for the security of these sensitive polling stations.

A senior police official told Dawn.com that 350 polling stations in Karachi alone have been identified by the police as sensitive and the force is requesting ten policemen and four Rangers personnel to man these polling stations.

The request from Sindh police has come in the wake of a reshuffle in its ranks ordered by the provincial caretaker regime.

The caretaker government is also mulling the option of calling army for the sensitive polling stations but the eventual decision will be taken by the Election Commission ahead of the polling day.