Peshawar police withdraws to offer Election Candidates Security

PESHAWAR: In advance of the general election of 2024, Peshawar police on Saturday declined to offer election candidates security. According to specifics, the Peshawar police recommended that political party candidates for elections employ security guards from private security firms.

On the other hand, during election campaigns, police will guard candidate rallies and corner meetings. Furthermore, since extra security guards will be stationed at polling places for the 2024 election, it is not possible to provide security to candidates running for office.

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The development happened as a result of a list of political figures receiving threats prior to the general election of 2024 being disclosed by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).

Fifteen politicians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have received threats from terrorists, according to the Counter Terrorism Department.

MNA Mohsin Dawar, former provincial minister Imtiaz Qureshi, Senator Hidayatullah, former PML-N MNA Amir Maqam, former PTI MNA Pir Mansoor Shah, and Shah Muhammad are among the political figures that got threats. Senators Maulana Abdur Rasheed, Bakhti Afsar, and Malik Adnan Wazir of the JUI-F.

It is important to note that throughout the course of a single day, three violent occurrences occurred in the districts of Bajaur, Khyber Pakhunthwa, and Sibi, Quetta, and Chaman in Balochistan, resulting in at least six fatalities and thirteen injuries.

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The explosion at Jinnah Road Sibi, close to a political party rally on Tuesday, left four persons dead and five injured. This event marked the start of the violence wave in Sibi. According to the authorities, an explosion occurred because explosive material was inserted in a motorcycle. Law enforcement has erected barricades and dispatched a bomb disposal crew.

The Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) designated almost 50% of the nation’s voting places as “sensitive” or “most sensitive.” Out of the 90,675 voting places nationwide, 46,065 have been designated as “sensitive” or “most sensitive,” according to ECP sources.