CNews Peshawar: The NWFP government has decided for deployment of 60,000 officials of Law Enforcing Agencies at all the polling stations in NWFP for ensuring smooth holding of elections on Feb 18.This was disclosed by Special Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs Department NWFP, Muhammad Khalid Khan Umerzai while briefing newsmen about security plan for Feb 18 elections.He said NWFP has been divided into four categories including most sensitive, very sensitive, sensitive and normal.Five districts including Charsadda, Swat, Shangla, Tank and Malakand have been categorized as most sensitive districts. While Bannu, Lakki, D.I.Khan and Lower Dir are declared as very sensitive districts.In the category of sensitive districts include Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Hangu, Upper Dir, Buner, Manshera, Battagram and Kohistan.Whereas, Nowshera, Swabi, Abbotabad, Haripur and Chitral have been categorized as normal districts.For the administrative control of the province on election day, NWFP has been divided into seven regions headed by DIGs. These regions include Peshawar, Kohat, Hazara, Malakand, Mardan, Bannu and D.I.Khan.He said a total of 60,000 personnel of Law Enforcing Agencies including FC, will be deployed in NWFP.He also informed that Pak Army will assist Law Enforcing Agencies in case of need. Army will be on call in the whole NWFP and assist the security personnel when need arises, he added.The provincial government, he added, has decided to restrict movement of Afghan Refugees to their camps. The Police department has also been directed to keep a check on movement of Afghan Refugees. He said presently there are 1.3 million Afghan Refugees in NWFP.About the polling stations, he said, total number of polling stations in NWFP are 7931 out of which 1094 are declared as most sensitive, 3219 are sensitive and 3618 are normal.He said the total numbers of national assembly constituencies on which polling will be held on Feb 18 are 35. While in provincial assembly constituencies polling will be held on 96 out of 99 seats. Three candidates of provincial assembly constituencies in Upper Dir, Swat and Battagram have been died and therefore polling has been postponed.Special Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs requested the foreign observers media persons working for foreign news organization to informed Home department about their movement on polling.He also informed that movement of foreign observes in eight districts of NWFP has been banned which include Swat, Shangla, Lower Dir, Malakand, Hangu, Bannu, Tank and FR Kohat (Dara Adam Khel).About brandishing of arms, he said all the DPOs have been directed to ensure ban on display of arms. However, he added, candidates are allowed to keep some arms with their bodyguards for security reasons. All the DIGs and DPOs have been instructed to cooperate and keep in touch with newsmen and foreign observers and provide them all information in case of happening of any untoward incident.
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi