‘Ensure strict security while distributing election material’

FAISALABAD: Foolproof security arrangements should be made when the election material is being distributed among the polling staff. This was stated by District Returning Officer Abdul Nasir while chairing a meeting in Faisalabad on Tuesday. The meeting was held to review the security and administrative arrangements for the general elections 2018 in the district.

On the occasion, Nasir stressed on the need for providing all sorts of security gadgets, including walkthrough gates at the entrances of session courts in order to ensure the lection material is distributed peacefully. He maintained that a comprehensive and solid transport plan should also be devised for the polling staff. “Special numbers should be affixed on the vehicles as per the details of the polling stations to guide the staff while proper arrangements should be made for parking those vehicles engaged in election duties,” he directed the officials. 

Published in The Express Tribune, July 18^th, 2018.