ISLAMABAD: Secretary, Election Commission Ishtiak Ahmad Khan said
that the ECP was taking steps to make the electoral process more
effective, free, fair, transparent and credible for enhancing trust of
the stakeholders.
As political parties are key stakeholders,
therefore, their participation in democratic process is fundamental to
the health of democracy. An open and transparent approach on part of
the ECP is, therefore, essential to give the political parties a
feeling of inclusiveness in the electoral process, he added.
Ishtiak
said that the ECP has already held three consultative meetings with
political parties wherein a number of important electoral issues were
discussed, for example, making CNIC issued by NADRA a mandatory
condition for registration of voters as well as casting of vote by
amending the relevant law, adoption of Electronic Voting Machine,
granting symbols to political parties permanently and preparation of
computerized Electoral Rolls-2011 in collaboration with NADRA.
He
also informed that the ECP is holding another consultative meeting with
political parties on 13.9.2011 (Tuesday) at 11:00 am in the ECP
Secretariat, Islamabad, with a view to share progress made with regard
to revision of Electoral Rolls-2011 in collaboration with NADRA using
latter’s CNIC Database. The Electoral Rolls-2011 will be based on new
Census Blocks, recently demarcated by the Population Census
Organization (PCO). Through this consultative meeting, the ECP intends
to share the Census Methodology used by the PCO to demarcate the new
Census Blocks, the role of NADRA for voter registration in
collaboration with ECP and the method adopted on ground verification
process for revision of electoral rolls by field officers of the ECP.
Ishtiak
said that the ECP has, therefore, invited two representatives from each
Party to participate in the consultative meeting on 13.9.2011 wherein a
detailed presentation will be given to the participants by the PCO,
NADRA and ECP.
Name of political Parties who have been written
letters of invitation are Makhdoom Amin Faheem President, Pakistan
Peoples Party Parliamentarians ,Iqbal Zafar Jhagra General Secretary,
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ,Mushahid Hussain Syed Secretary
General, Pakistan Muslim League (Q),Farooq Sattar Deputy Convener,
Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan ,Secretary General, Awami National
Party (ANP) ,Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman Ameer, Jamiat Ullam-e-Islam
(Fazal-ur-Rehman) ,Dr. Arif Alvi Secretary General, Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaf,Sh. Anwar Saeed Secretary General, Pakistan Muslim
League (Functional),Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli Secretary General, Pakistan
People’s Party (Sherpao),Liaqat Baloch Secretary General,
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan,Mir Israr Ullah Zehri President, Balochistan
National Party (Awami),Habib Jalib Baloch AdvocateSecretary General,
Balochistan National Party (Mengal) ,Akram Shah Khan Secretary General,
Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awam Party,Mir Tahir Khan Bezinjo Secretary General,
National Party ,Mehta Washeshair Nath KohliSecretary General, Jamhoori
Wattan Party. Online
