CM Sindh directed to ensure foolproof security for LG polls.

KARACHI -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Raja Sultan has directed Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah to ensure foolproof security for local government elections and by-polls in Karachi, media reported on Monday.

In a letter penned down to CM Sindh, the election commissioner directed to take security measures to ensure peaceful polling in the two phases of local body elections and NA-245 by-polls in the province.

Sikandar Raja Sultan also directed the chief minister to take immediate action on the incidents of violence and snatching of ballot boxes in the NA-245 by-election in Karachi last week.

'Action should be taken against those responsible for violence and interference in polling,' the election commissioner told Murad Ali Shah.

Informed sources have claimed that the CEC instructed CM Murad to take steps for a peaceful environment in the...