Acting Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan on Tuesday presided over a meeting of the Election Commission considering meticulously the Judgment of the Apex Court regarding the regulations of election campaign expenses and decided to implement the same in letter and spirit.
According to statement, after due deliberation, the Commission directed to immediately start work on increasing the number of polling stations throughout the country to facilitate the voters. Moreover, it must be ensured that the polling stations are not at a distance of more than two kilometers from the place of residence of voters.
The Commission further directed that the electoral process be quickened in the light of the judgment and for that matter constituted a Steering Committee under the chairmanship of the Acting Secretary, Election Commission, including the Provincial Election Commissioners and some other senior officers of the Commission as its members. The Committee will give its recommendations within a fortnight for the implementation of the aforesaid judgment of the Apex Court.
Furthermore, Acting CEC also inaugurated a Training Programme designed for the Officers of the ECP. Under the training programme, a group of officers of the Commission is being trained as 'Master Trainers', who will impart training to the officers taken from amongst the employees of the Provincial and Federal Governments as District Returning Officers/Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers. Moreover, the employees of Federal Government/autonomous organisations/agencies, including the armed and para-armed forces would be instructed to carry out stipulated functions at the polling stations.-PR