Election policing: Security being arranged says Pervaiz

LAHORE: The government has made security arrangements in line with the election commission’s code of conduct, Caretaker Home Minister Tariq Pervaiz said at a press conference on Wednesday.

He said he had visited all Punjab districts, except Rawalpindi, to review security. Public display of weapons and firing in the air would not be allowed, he said. CCTV cameras, video recorders and walk-through gates would be installed at sensitive polling stations, he said. Police are on the lookout for suspicious people.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2013.