Overview
- The Interior Ministry cleared army and civil armed forces support at the ECP’s request, with deployments active Nov. 22–24 in standby and Quick Reaction Force roles.
- Designated personnel are empowered under Sections 4 and 5 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, and selected officers hold first‑class magistrate powers under CrPC Section 190(1) for the same period.
- Polling is slated for six National Assembly and seven Provincial Assembly seats, including NA‑18 Haripur, NA‑96 and NA‑104 Faisalabad, NA‑129 Lahore, NA‑143 Sahiwal, and NA‑185 DG Khan, plus seven Punjab constituencies.
- The ECP’s code places police as first responders, civil armed forces as second‑tier standby, and the Pakistan Army as third‑tier in‑situ QRF, with army and civil forces securing ballot printing, transport, and sensitive stations.
- The ECP intensified code‑of‑conduct enforcement with notices to multiple public officeholders, a fine on NA‑96 candidate Bilal Chaudhry, a petition by KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi at the Peshawar High Court, and ANP support declared for PML‑N’s Babar Nawaz Khan in NA‑18.