{"id":54702,"date":"2024-01-31T17:07:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ecp-calls-meeting-tomorrow-to-discuss-deteriorating-law-and-order-situation-in-kp-balochistan\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T17:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T17:07:32","slug":"ecp-calls-meeting-tomorrow-to-discuss-deteriorating-law-and-order-situation-in-kp-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ecp-calls-meeting-tomorrow-to-discuss-deteriorating-law-and-order-situation-in-kp-balochistan\/","title":{"rendered":"ECP calls meeting tomorrow to discuss deteriorating law and order situation in KP, Balochistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Just eight days before the country goes to polls, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has called a meeting tomorrow (February 1) to discuss the deteriorating law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.<\/p>\n<p>In a notification issued today, a copy of which is available with <em>Dawn.com<\/em>, the electoral watchdog said the meeting would be attended by the interior minister, interior secretary, chief secretaries of Balochistan and KP, provincial police chiefs and officials of intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting would be held at 3pm tomorrow, it added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1810071\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The development comes hours after a PTI-affiliated candidate was shot dead in KP\u2019s Bajaur. According to the police, Rehan Zeb Khan was canvassing in the area when unidentified armed men opened fire on his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, two terror incidents were reported in Balochistan today. In Quetta, five people were injured in a grenade attack on the PPP\u2019s election office. Meanwhile, a worker belonging to the Awami National Party was killed during the party\u2019s election rally in Chaman.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, four people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1809855\/4-dead-5-injured-in-blast-at-pti-rally-in-balochistans-sibi\">killed<\/a> while six were wounded in a bomb blast at a PTI rally in Balochistan\u2019s Sibi.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, two people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1809422\">injured<\/a> in an explosion outside the residence of a PTI-backed candidate. Malik Shah Muhammad Khan remained safe in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in January, former MNA Mohsin Dawar survived an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1804760\">armed attack<\/a> on his convoy in the Tapi area of Miramshah tehsil in KP\u2019s North Waziristan. The attack on Dawar\u2019s convoy occurred during an election rally. The assailants opened fire and subsequently fled.<\/p>\n<p>The same day, JUI-F\u2019s Qari Khairullah also narrowly escaped a roadside bomb in Bajaur.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media platform X today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan raised alarm over the escalation in violation ahead of the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth the ECP and caretaker government must take notice of the situation and ensure that the perpetrators are identified and held to account,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"army-brass-asserts-no-one-allowed-to-sabotage-elections\" href=\"#army-brass-asserts-no-one-allowed-to-sabotage-elections\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Army brass asserts no one allowed to sabotage elections<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the military\u2019s top brass has asserted that no one would be allowed to \u201cindulge in violence in the name of political activity\u201d and \u201csabotage\u201d the exercise of free and fair elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations, the affirmation came during the 262nd Corps Commanders\u2019 Conference (CCC) held at the General Headquarters today. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir presided over the meeting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1808680\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>During the high-level moot, the forum discussed the deployment of the Pakistan Army troops to assist the ECP in the peaceful conduct of the upcoming general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan Army will perform assigned duties as per the Constitutional mandate, under the guidelines of ECP. No one would be allowed to indulge in violence in the name of political activity and sabotage the quintessential democratic exercise of conduct of free and fair elections,\u201d the ISPR said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that the forum resolved \u201cterrorists, their facilitators and abettors, working on the behest of hostile forced to destabilise Pakistan\u201d would be dealt with \u201cfull might of the state\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe COAS stated that Pakistan\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity are<br \/>\nsacrosanct and inviolable. Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence with all states, however, there would never be any compromise over the country\u2019s sovereignty, national honour and aspirations of Pakistani people,\u201d the ISPR said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1808681\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The meeting\u2019s participants were also briefed on the \u201ccallous Indian campaign of extra-territorial and extra-judicial killings, perpetuating state-sponsored terrorism and targeting Pakistan citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forum agreed that blatant violation of international laws by India and its<br \/>\nreal face be exposed to the world. The international community has already shown serious concerns over the criminal behaviour of India and its use of state apparatus for killing spree around the world,\u201d the military\u2019s media affairs wing said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the forum acknowledged and appreciated the steps taken against the spectrum of illegal activities and criminal mafias including smuggling, hoarding, money laundering, power theft and illegal aliens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe participants emphasised that such actions and their positive<br \/>\nimpact on the economy and well-being of the people need to continue<br \/>\nwithout any let-up,\u201d the ISPR added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the top brass paid \u201crich tribute\u201d to supreme sacrifices of martyrs including officers and men of the armed forces, law enforcement agencies and the citizens who have laid their lives to ensure peace and stability in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forum was briefed on operational preparedness of the formations. The COAS asked formation commanders to continue their focus on the training, administration and morale of the soldiers,\u201d the ISPR statement concluded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just eight days before the country goes to polls, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has called a meeting tomorrow (February 1) to discuss the deteriorating law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. In a notification issued today, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the electoral watchdog said the meeting would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54703,"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:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/3119183338465f7.jpg?r=191929","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54702","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=54702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}