Peshawar: (Web Desk) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Haji Ghulam Ali has sent a report to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding a consultation meeting on the issue of elections. In the report, the governor said the security situation is critical at the moment and additional security personnel aren’t available.
According to the source, Haji Ghulam Ali said Pakistan is passing through difficult economic situation, the census is going on and delimitations have to be carried out. “The above mentioned challenges should be resolved before announcing the date of general elections,” the governor said in the report.
As per details in the report, KP Governor said a solution has been found under the Constitution and the Election Act for the situation related to the election, suggesting the date of general elections be decided after taking the ministries of defence and interior and other departments into confidence.
Furthermore the report further stated that the operation against the terrorists will end in a few months, terrorist activities are increasing in KP, and the security situation in the merged tribal districts is very critical.
Moreover as terrorist groups have settled in the merged districts, residents in these districts are in hundred percent more dangers than the other districts. Due to these threats, free movement of politicians and polling staff is not possible; the report quoted the governor as saying.
