Election preparations finalized, ballots to be provided tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan has made transparent arrangements for general elections, an election commission official here said.

Talking to Geo News Secretary Election Commission Kunwar Dilshad Saturday said that the election material of international standards has been sent to the concerned officials and ballot papers will be handed over to the Returning Officers tomorrow.

Replying a question about election results, Dilshad said the presiding officers have been directed to hold counting in presence of polling agents of candidates and provide the result to them. The presiding officers would forward the results to the Returning Officers who will immediately announce the result, he further said.

They have been also directed to write the results in words as well as in figures, he said.

The copy of the result will also be provided to media and would be put on at the polling station for general public. The result would later sent to the provincial and central election commissions by fax.

Kunwar Dilshad said no code of conduct has been prepared for media regarding the election. “Media can announce results issued by the presiding officer,” he said.

He said the number of sensitive polling stations in the country is between eight to nine thousands. The polling has been withheld in only one national assembly constituency NA-42 due to law and order situation, he said. Elections have been postponed in other constituencies due to demise of the candidates.