Pakistan army personnel to guard polling stations on Feb 8 elections

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet on Tuesday approved dep­loy­ment of troops and civil armed forces personnel on polling stations and sensitive constituencies during Feb 8 general elections.

The cabinet in its meeting, chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, approved the summary, which said the army troops and civil armed forces to be deployed in sensitive areas will also serve as a rapid response force.

نگران وزیراعظم انوار الحق کاکڑ کی زیر صدارت وفاقی کابینہ کا اجلاس۔
نگران وفاقی کابینہ نے فیڈرل بورڈ آف ریونیو کی ری اسٹرکچرنگ اور ڈیجیٹائز یشن کے حوالے سے پیش کی گئی تجاویز پر سیر حاصل بحث کی۔
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The cabinet also approved a summary of the Ministry of Finance and gave president of SMS Bank Tahir Hussain Qureshi a three month-extension to serve or till formal closure of the bank.

The meeting, on the recommendation of health ministry formed a search committee, head­­ed by the caretaker health minister, for appointment of vice chancellor of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University. The decisions of Economic Coordina­tion Committee and the Cabinet Commi­ttee on Legislative Cases were also approved.