Over 130,000 cops perform duty on election day: IG

LAHORE:Inspector General Police Punjab (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar said that more than 130,000 officers and personnel, including women, performed election security duties on Thursday.

He said that all control rooms of the Punjab Police established at the provincial, regional and district levels reviewed the election process and all the situations moment by moment.

More than 32,000 CCTV cameras were used to monitor the election process while RPOs, CPOs and DPOs remained present in the field and kept reviewing the security and traffic arrangements, he added.

Inspector General Police said Punjab Police ensured foolproof security arrangements in all the districts of the province on the polling day. Punjab police personnel remained on high alert and performed their duties very diligently at all the polling stations particularly at sensitive places of the province.

He added that full security was provided to all the voters, polling staff and citizens due to which the polling process was completed in a peaceful and transparent manner throughout the province.

Punjab police personnel also helped the disabled and elderly people who came to the polling stations to cast their votes. IG Punjab said that for the general elections, effective measures were taken to maintain the flow of traffic on all highways and public places.

Indiscriminate actions were taken against display of weapons, aerial firing, fighting, sabotaging the election process and violation of Section 144. IG Punjab said that additional personnel, Dolphin Force, Quick Response and other teams were deployed at 5,577 highly sensitive polling stations. IG personally monitored the security arrangements for the election 2024. IG said Punjab Police ensured the compliance of the code of conduct of the Election Commission and in this regard, operations will continue as per the law until the election process is completed. He said that Punjab Police is fully prepared for post-election security arrangements and security has been increased across the province including Lahore and any nefarious attempt by anti-peace elements will not be allowed to succeed.

Meanwhile, Dr Usman Anwar exercised his right to vote for NA-128 and PP-165 at Government Primary School Baja Nagar in Sunder Lahore area. IG Punjab also reviewed the security arrangements by visiting various polling stations in the provincial capital.