RAWALPINDI: Pakistan military spokesperson Maj. Gen Asif Ghafoor says the military will be involved in the election entirely in a support role and act on orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan to help them in terms of security.”
“The army has no direct role in holding elections and will only support the electoral process.”
Addressing an important press conference in connection to election security plan, Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major-General Asif Ghafoor said the army had been given election-related six responsibilities under Article 220 and 245 of the Constitution
It is our responsibility to let voters have sense of security so they could exercise their right to ballot in the elections, he added.
He asked voters to come out in large numbers and chose their representatives, adding no one would stop them from their voting right.
DG ISPR said it was responsibility to help the ECP without being partial.
He said: “Requirement for the election is over 371,388 personnel — but we cannot, given the current deployment – we have called over 100,000 reservists for election day.”
He also requested journalists to avoid approaching soldiers deployed at polling stations for security.
DG ISPR said the election support cell had been set up in Rawalpindi under a 3-star general to coordinate election duties with the Election Commission of Pakistan.
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