Prior to elections, Karachi police are short 14,300 officers

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According to Karachi AIG, “security arrangements at women’s polling stations require at least 3,200 female personnel.”

KARACHI: There is a 14,300 security personnel shortfall in Karachi police, including female police officers, as political parties prepare for the next general elections.

The Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Karachi, Khadim Hussain Rind, announced that the city police had begun making watertight security measures for the upcoming elections in Karachi, which are scheduled for February 8.

“The election security plan requires over 46,076 police officers, but Karachi Police only have 31,776.” The required number of female police personnel is likewise not available,” said the AIG.

“We have 1,200 female staff, but at least 3,200 are needed for security procedures at women’s polling places. The KPO is short two thousand female officers. Eight police officers are needed for the most sensitive polling places, six for critical polling places, and four for regular polling places, following the security plan. There are 2,033 highly sensitive polling places in Karachi, 3,008 sensitive polling places, and 308 polling places that have been deemed normal; 16,264, 18,048, and 1,232 workers are needed for each of these locations, he continued.

Rind stated that 5,349 polling places in Karachi would be staffed by 35,544 people.

Additionally, the quick reaction team will be stationed at polling places. The plan also calls for the deployment of 3,892 QRF personnel for 2,774 buildings and the appointment of 4,210 police officers to reserve duty under the DIG’s direction. In addition, 107 SHOs, 57 DSPs, 16 SPs, and 9 SSPs will carry out tasks.

2,430 workers would be assigned to various election commission offices in Karachi, as well as welfare and hospital responsibilities and other jobs.

There is a 14,300 police officer shortage, and other solutions were being thought upon. The dearth of police officers can be filled by female health professionals or polio staff. To cover the void, AIG Rind stated that hiring private security guards, anti-encroachment, excise police, anti-corruption, or forest department employees is also being explored.

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