The Election Commission of Pakistan has summoned an emergency meeting amid deteriorating law and order conditions ahead of the election 2024.

“The ECP has called an emergency meeting tomorrow (Thursday, February 1) at 3:00pm in the wake of worsening law and order situation in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ahead of the general elections 2024,” the electoral watchdog said in a statement on Wednesday.

High-ranking officials from Balochistan and KP’s including caretaker interior ministers, home secretaries, chief secretaries and Inspector General of Police (IGPs) will participate in the meeting, it added

The ECP has also invited officials of the intelligence agencies to participate in the emergency meeting.

Meanwhile, the ECP postponed elections on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s National Assembly’s NA-8 and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s PK-22 constituencies after a PTI-affiliated candidate was gunned down earlier today.

Rehan Zeb Khan, who was contesting from NA-8 and PK-22, was shot dead in KP’s Bajaur district while travelling to Sadeeqabad Phatak for election campaign when unidentified assailants opened fire on him.