Election security takes center stage as ECP mulls terror threats.

PESHAWAR -- Chief Election CommisAsioner (CEC) Siknadar Sultan Raja chaired a meeting to discuss the law and order situation in the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces ahead of the upcoming elections on Friday.

According to the ElecAtion Commission of PaAkistan (ECP) spokesAperson, the meeting was attended by the members of the ElecAtion Commission, repAresentatives of law enAforcement agencies and sensitive institutions.

'Meeting (took place) in Election Commission Secretariat Islamabad with law enforcement agenAcies and premium intelligence agencies in connection with elections in the Punjab and KP under the chairmanship of Honourable Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan,' the ECP spokesman tweeted. During the meeting, the parAticipants were briefed in detail on the current security situaAtion in the two provinces with reference to free, fair, peaceful and transparent elections. The briefing provided valuable inAsights that will assist the...