District Election Commission Sialkot Faseeh Uddin District has said that Election Commission of Pakistan is making unprecedented and fool proof arrangements to conduct the general elections 2018 elections. Monitoring teams have been organized which will report on the quality of in-time arrangements for casting of the votes at the polling stations and these reports will help immediate identification of the gaps in the arrangements and filling them accordingly, he said.
He disclosed that number of women polling stations had been considerably increased to facilitate women to cast their votes without facing any difficulty. "Election Commission of Pakistan has requested support from the Pakistan's armed forces to provide help in the smooth conduct of the electoral process," he pointed out.
He said it will be ensured that through use of latest technology the results of the polling at each and every polling station are directly and immediately communicated to the central control room of the ECP. All of these arrangements will certainly help in increasing voter's turn out and prevention of the possibilities of every sort of malpractices and rigging.
He was addressing the participants of the certification ceremony which was organized by Baidarie Sialkot to award certificates to male and female volunteers who will work at 40 locations of the district to increase women voter's turnout.
A batch of twenty (20) male and female volunteers has been identified through the interventions of the project "Women's political empowerment programme in Sialkot (Punjab) Pakistan; Phase-II" being implemented by Baidarie with the support provided by National Endowment for Democracy".
Arshad Mehmood Mirza Executive Director imparted training to the volunteers on "importance of women's participation in democratic electoral process and the constitutional responsibilities of the members of the federal and provincial legislators.
They were also apprised of the qualification, knowledge, skill and expertise required for up to the mark fulfillment of the responsibilities as legislators and the need, importance and utility of making discreet choices while taking decision to vote for the most suited contestants of the public representatives.
Hina Noureen further helped in increasing understanding of the role of volunteers for increasing women voters' turnout ratio on Election Day. She assisted the volunteers in planning their activities for organizing women voters' sessions and increasing easy access of women to the polling booths on the Election Day.