Additional Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Shabbir Sheikh on Monday declared 50 percent of the polling stations in Karachi as sensitive.
According to details, there were nearly 3,700 polling stations in Karachi of which half were declared sensitive, including those in the West district.
“We have made a deployment plan, the police will assist Rangers at the stations,” Sheikh said.
The army will be on standby in case the situation requires their presence, he said.
Earlier, the Election Commission of Pakistan declared Sindh as the most sensitive province with 4,629 highly sensitive and 3,621 sensitive polling stations.
