{"id":48629,"date":"2024-01-16T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/govt-to-deploy-thousands-of-security-forces-for-general-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T15:33:05","slug":"govt-to-deploy-thousands-of-security-forces-for-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/govt-to-deploy-thousands-of-security-forces-for-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt to deploy thousands of security forces for general elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The government will saturate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with thousands of security forces before the February 8 general election, officials said on Tuesday, as Pakistan battles rising militancy ahead of polls.<\/p>\n

On February 8, the country will vote in delayed polls already marred by allegations of pre-poll rigging, with former prime minister Imran Khan jailed and barred from running.<\/p>\n

Previous election campaigns have witnessed spasms of violence, with scores of candidates and voters targeted by bombings and gun attacks.<\/p>\n

In the first week of February some 5,000 paramilitary Frontier Constabulary (FC) forces will deploy to the KP bordering Afghanistan, commander Moazzam Jah Ansari told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Last week, an independent candidate running for the provincial assembly was killed<\/a> alongside two aides when his car was hit by a spray of gunfire as he campaigned in the province, police said.<\/p>\n

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