Central Police Office: IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar presided over an important video link meeting about election security arrangements.
Safe delivery of ballot papers, polling materials, election campaign, voting day police teams will make all election processes transparent and secure throughout the province. Dr. Usman Anwar.
Inspector General Police Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar has said that Punjab Police is fully confident and prepared for the peaceful conduct of elections, Safe delivery of ballot papers, polling materials, election campaign, voting day police teams will make all election processes transparent and secure throughout the province. IG Punjab Dr Usman Anwar said that there are total of 49 thousand 956 polling stations across the province, according to the security audit, 5577 polling stations have been declared as highly sensitive 14056 as sensitive and 30323 are placed on normal category, more than 01 lakh 30 thousand officers and officials of all units including Special Branch, CTD will be posted on election security duty. IG Punjab said that CCTV cameras will be installed at all polling stations in the province, a strict watch will be kept on the evil elements, monitoring and control rooms have been activated at the provincial, regional, district and divisional levels. Dr Usman Anwar said that 23 thousand new cameras have been installed at the sensitive polling stations of the province and these 23,000 newly installed cameras are being added to the ongoing Safe City projects in 21 cities. IG Punjab said that the Safe City Headquarters staff will monitor all the activities and happening on the polling stations, Safe Cities Authority will provide the DPOs with its developed modern monitoring system. Dr. Usman Anwar said that Punjab police is in close coordination with all security agencies, armed forces, district administration and all relevant institutions. Dolphin Squad, Elite, QRF Force, SHOs teams will be continuously present in the field and aerial firing, fighting and any effort to sabotage the electoral process will be dealt with indiscriminately. He expressed these views today while presiding over the video link meeting held at the Central Police Office regarding the election security arrangements. RPOs, DPOs of Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Rawalpindi regions participated through video link. RPOs, DPOs gave a briefing about security, logistics, and communication and transportation arrangements for Election 2024. IG Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar issued instructions after reviewing the entire situation. Additional IG Operations Shahzada Sultan, RPO Gujranwala Tayyab Hafeez Cheema, DIG Operations Waqas Nazir, DIG Security Kamran Adil, DIG Establishment Zeeshan Asghar, CPO Gujranwala Muhammad Ayaz Saleem, AIG Operations Dr. Asad. Ejaz Malhi, DPO Sheikhupura Zahid Nawaz Marwat along with senior officers attended the meeting.
(Handout No. 117)
Syed Mubasher Hussain
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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