Details about the deployment of troops and the army's role in providing security to the election process, threatened by banned groups like Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, were provided today by chief military spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa during a news conference at the army's General Headquarters in Rawalpindi.
The military will ensure complete security on polling day and a special security monitoring cell will be established at the General Headquarters.
The paramilitary Pakistan Rangers and Frontier Corps and police will guard polling stations while the Army Aviation will provide 50 helicopters for aerial surveillance across the country on May 11.
Thousands of other personnel will also be put on stand-by to be used as quick response teams in case of any untoward incident, Bajwa said.
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At the same time, the Frontier Corps will continue operations in the country's largest city of Karachi to ensure security for the polls, he said.
"Allah willing, general elections would be held in the country on May 11. There should be no doubt about this. This indeed is a golden opportunity which can usher in an era of true democratic values in the country," Kayani said.