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Pakistan Announces Comprehensive Security Plan for Gilgit‑Baltistan Elections

The government says the measures will protect voters, secure public spaces during Eid‑ul‑Adha, with EU talks in Islamabad reviewing wider cooperation under a 2019 plan.

Overview

  • Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received a detailed briefing from Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi and praised interior and security agencies for their role in maintaining peace and public safety.
  • The Interior Ministry told the prime minister that security institutions have prepared a comprehensive plan to ensure peaceful, transparent, and well‑organized conduct of the Gilgit‑Baltistan elections.
  • Officials described special arrangements to protect lives and property and to secure busy public places during Eid‑ul‑Adha, stressing policing and force deployments for crowd and market safety.
  • European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas arrived in Islamabad to co‑chair the eighth EUPakistan Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, a forum to review cooperation across political, economic, security, and development issues.
  • The Strategic Dialogue will assess ties under the Strategic Engagement Plan signed in June 2019, a framework that shapes EU support and could influence future security and development cooperation linked to election integrity and public safety.