Information minister urges voters to come out of abodes, cast votes

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Syed Ali Zafar on Monday urged the voters to come out of their abodes to cast their votes in favor of candidates of their choices on July 25, as the destiny and development of Pakistan lied in their hands.

He was speaking in an interview after inaugurating Election City at News and Current Affairs Channel of Radio Pakistan in Islamabad.

The minister said about 450,000 police and 370,000 military personnel were deployed to provide utmost security to voters on the election day.

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He said installation of CCTV cameras on sensitive polling stations had also been completed. He clarified caretaker government had nothing to do with any political party and candidate.

“Its mandate and role is to ensure free, fair and transparent elections and it is sincerely working to achieve this goal.”

Syed Ali Zafar said Election Reforms Bill 2017 was passed by previous parliament to make the election process transparent and there should no doubt in any mind about it.

He said the Election Commission of Pakistan had set up a software for fast and error free processing of election results, from DROs to the election commission within no time.

To a question, the minister said war against terrorism had been successfully fought to eradicate this menace from the country.

“However, some desperate elements out of their frustration are trying to sabotage the elections and the democratic process in the country,” he said.