{"id":37488,"date":"2023-12-19T23:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/election-security-cctv-cameras-installation-at-polling-stations-in-sindh-discussed\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T23:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T23:00:05","slug":"election-security-cctv-cameras-installation-at-polling-stations-in-sindh-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/election-security-cctv-cameras-installation-at-polling-stations-in-sindh-discussed\/","title":{"rendered":"Election security, CCTV cameras\u2019 installation at polling stations in Sindh discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>KARACHI: Sindh Election Commissioner Sharifullah met with Chief Secretary Dr Fakhre Alam on Monday to deliberate on the arrangements for the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release, the chief secretary assured the provincial head of the electoral watchdog that the government had diligently prepared for fair and peaceful elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecurity and transport plans, along with other essential arrangements, have been put in place to ensure the smooth conduct of the elections,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Alam reiterated the commitment to provide all necessary facilities, aligning with directives and requirements to the election body.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sharifullah conveyed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had finalised all necessary preparations for the general elections scheduled to be held on Feb 8, 2024. \u201cWe are fully prepared to conduct free, fair, and impartial elections,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that, in line with the ECP directives, CCTV cameras would be installed at polling stations to enhance transparency. He also emphasised the ECP\u2019s dedication to create a secure environment for the electoral process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JI calls for removal of Sindh governor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Jamaat-i-Islami on Monday called for removal of Kamran Tessori from the office of the Sindh governor in view of his known association with a political party.<\/p>\n<p>The demand was made by a JI delegation, led by its city chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, in a meeting with Sindh Election Commissioner Sharifullah at his office.<\/p>\n<p>The party also demanded that solid measures be taken to ensure transparency in the general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also conveyed our concerns over the appointment of politicised returning officers and district returning officers,\u201d Hafiz Naeem told reporters after the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ECP Sindh chief has assured us that he will take strict action if anyone shows any political tilt. He has also asked us to point out any such discrepancy so that action could be taken against such individuals,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Published in Dawn, December 19th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Sindh Election Commissioner Sharifullah met with Chief Secretary Dr Fakhre Alam on Monday to deliberate on the arrangements for the upcoming general elections. According to a press release, the chief secretary assured the provincial head of the electoral watchdog that the government had diligently prepared for fair and peaceful elections. \u201cSecurity and transport plans, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/_img\/social-default.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}