ISLAMABAD: Security arrangements have been completed for the general elections of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly to be held in the capital on Sunday.
Over a thousand police officials have been deployed at 22 polling stations set up to facilitate the residents of AJK living in the federal capital.Inspector General of Police Islamabad Bani Amin directed all the police officials to ensure security arrangements on the day of the elections to avoid any untoward situation. He was accompanied by Chief Commissioner of Islamabad as he visited the polling stations on Saturday to see the security arrangements.
Walkthrough gates have been fixed at most sensitive polling stations and officials of special branch of police and bomb disposal squad will be deployed at almost all polling stations, the IGP said.
The IGP asked the supervisory officers, the superintendents of police and sub-divisional police officers to personally supervise the arrangements and remain on duty. Amin directed the official to ensure timely deployment of police force at the polling stations and asked for continuous coordination between all police departments and divisions.
He also directed police officials to set up special checkpoints, equipped with metal and explosives detectors, in and around the city, exit and entry points and the roads leading towards the polling stations. Officials from police training school will be deployed on these checkpoints.
Police will also comb through the surrounding areas of the polling stations in the capital early on Sunday morning.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 26th, 2011.