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TERRORISM IN BY-POLLS ON NA SEATS CAN'T BE RULED OUT: IG KP
- 08 February 2023
The Inspector General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (IG KP) Moazzam Jah Ansari said on Tuesday that terrorism in by-polls on the National Assembly (NA) seats cannot be ruled out, The IG KP Moazzam Jah Ansari expressed the fear of terrorist attacks during the upcoming by-polls in the province. He apprised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) about the suspicions of terrorism during the by-polls. According to the declaration, the chief election commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja chaired a high-level session ahead of the by-polls. The session was attended by the KP chief secretary, inspector general (IG), ECP secretary and senior officers. The chief election commissioner directed the IG KP to complete work for the deployment of the Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps (FC). He added that the commission is in contact with the interior and defence ministries for military deployment. Ansari detailed that the department can overcome the shortage by getting additional contingents from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) police, Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps (FC)