CCTV cameras to be installed at PA’s 20 constituencies

Preparations for by-elections in 20 constituencies of Punjab Assembly continue as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought the details of highly sensitive polling stations from the returning officers.

According to details, the polls supervisory body has decided to install CCTV cameras at high sensitive polling stations in cooperation with the district administration.

The election supervisor also plans to call a high-level meeting in Lahore which will be attended by the chief election commissioner, ECP members and the security officials.

The meeting will finalise a security plan for the by-elections.
Sources said that 50 million ballot papers will be printed for the by-polls in Punjab Assembly’s 20 constituencies.

Meanwhile, 3,129 polling stations will be set up and 4,579,943 voters will exercise their right of voting.

Last month, 25 PTI dissident lawmakers, which included five elected on seats reserved for women and minorities, were de-seated for voting for PML-N's Hamza Shehbaz in the Punjab chief minister's election. They were officially de-notified by the election commission on May 23.

The PTI had filed a petition in the LHC on May 28 requesting it to direct the ECP to notify the five new MPAs and "summon [them] personally". Subsequently, the high court had given the electoral a deadline for June 2 to decide the matter.

The commission had, however, decided that the notification would be stayed until by-polls were held in the province on July 17.