KARACHI: The Sindh government has once again urged the Election Commission of Pakistan to postpone the local body elections scheduled to be held in Karachi, citing a lack of security personnel in the metropolis.
According to a letter written by the Sindh government to the ECP, the provincial government has urged to postpone the LG elections in Karachi for three months.
“Free and fair polls cannot be held without proper security, the Sindh government argued.
The letter read that Karachi is the most populous division of the country with a population bigger than Balochistan. At least 5,000 polling stations would be established to hold the LG polls, requiring at least 39,000 security personnel to maintain law and order.
While the government only has 22,507 personnel at hand to deploy for the LG polls, it added. They are 1,305 extremely sensitive and 3,688 sensitive polling stations in the city, the letter read.
Thousands of Karachi police personnel are providing assistance in flood-relief operations in other districts of the province. Moreover, many internally displaced people have moved to Karachi, and personnel are required to provide them security too, it added.
