ECP seeks Rangers, FC troops for KP, Punjab elections.

ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday sought Rangers and FC troops to ensure law and order during Punjab and KP polls, media reported, quoting sources.

The demand was made by the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja in a meeting with the Interior Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar in Islamabad.

Khokhar asked the ECP chief to forward a written demand for the troops to the interior ministry and informed him about the available troops of Rangers.

The interior secretary in a meeting with the Election Commission of Pakistan chief Sikandar Sultan Raja assured that his ministry is bound to comply with the Supreme Court's orders regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Supreme Court, in a 3-2 verdict, ruled on Wednesday that elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab should...

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