DANIAL KHAN ISLAMABAD "Over 7000 personnel including police and paramilitary force will perform security duties in Islamabad during the upcoming general elections. The force will be deployed at nearly 800 polling stations across the federal capital. 24 polling stations have been declared highly sensitive."

The army has also finalized a plan to ensure security for free, fair and smooth elections in the country on July 25th.

MAJOR GENERAL ASIF GHAFOOR PAKISTANI ARMY SPOKESMAN "The only role of Pakistan army in the election process is to support the election commission of Pakistan, and fulfill the tasks they have asked for. There is no direct role of the army in conduct of elections, which means we provide political parties with a safe and secure environment to carry out their campaigns, and to foresee a smooth election day."

According to the plan, polling stations will be handed over to the troops two days before election day. The army says around 370,000 personnel will participate in the mega election process, across the country. But many political parties are not satisfied with the arrangement. After the Pakistan peoples party was forced to scrap its planned rallies due to mounting security threats, PPP suspended its political activities all over Pakistan, complaining of not getting a level playing field to engage freely in political activities.

NADEEM HUSSAIN MUGHAL LOCAL LEADER, PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY "If you don't let someone move freely, how will you expect them to deliver? They have tied our hands, we are receiving threats, the government has not provided any security to our chairman, he has his own personal security guards."

Voters are more politically charged this time than in 2013, because of the arrest of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz. The three-term PM was ousted last year after a corruption investigation. Last week he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. But despite security threats, spirits are high, political parties are holding last-minute rallies, gathering large crowds with only days left for the country to elect the next government. Danial Khan, CGTN, Islamabad.