ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has notified troops' deployment outside the polling stations during the upcoming by-elections in different constituencies of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab.

A notification has been released by the interior ministry regarding the deployment of troops outside the polling stations over the request of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the notification, Rangers personnel will be deployed in PS-88 and PS-43 outside the polling stations from February 15 to 17. The polling will be organised in the constituencies of Sindh's Malir and Sanghar on February 16.

Frontier Corps (FC) personnel will be deployed from February 15 to 17 in Balochistan's PB-20. In Punjab's NA-75, Rangers officials will perform security duties outside the polling stations, whereas, the paramilitary troops will be deployed from February 18 to 20 in PP-51.