ECP raises questions on electronic voting machines
Ministry of Science and Technology has sought time to respond to ECP's questions
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – In a major setback to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has raised questions about electronic voting machines made the federal government.
According to sources, EVMS are not up to standards of Election Commission, which has raised questions about software, quality, security and manufacturing of the machines.
Meanwhile, Ministry of Science and Technology has sought time from the commission to respond to its questions.
It merits mention that earlier in the month, Election Commission had conducted in-camera demo of electronic voting machine.
Secretaries and members of the commission participated in the session which was headed by Chief Election Commissioner.
During the meeting, technical team of science and technology ministry briefed the ECP members over the working of EVM.
