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The Defense Ministry on Tuesday informed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that the Pakistan Army would not be available for election duty this year due to the “situation in the country”, adding that the Army’s “primary priority” To be sure. Protecting the nation and its borders.
According to a press release issued by the ECP, during the third meeting of the commission regarding the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly elections, presided over by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, Secretary Defense Lieutenant General (retd) Hamud-ul-Zaman Khan, and Additional Defense Secretary Major General Khurram Sarfraz Khan provided the commission with an update on the state of the nation.