INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ECP finishes logistical arrangements for pollsISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said
that the commission had made all necessary logistic arrangements for ensuring to hold the upcoming general election on July 25 in a smooth
and an organized manner.The holding of elections which is considered to be a biggest logistic activity in the country required a
of two kinds including sensitive and non-sensitive.Sensitive logistic exercise involves ballot papers while non-sensitive includes
informed.Explaining the sensitive logistic exercise, the Spokesperson said, it involved printing of ballot papers and import of the papers,
used for ballot papers, from the United Kingdom and France.He informed that it was estimated that the commission required 210 million of
total ballot papers for the total constituencies of national and provincial assemblies.Enlightening about the non-sensitive he said the
commission was engaging the 750,000 work force from the federal and provincial departments to hold the upcoming polls.He said that the
commission has arranged bags, pens, indelible ink and stamps in bulk.It is pertinent to mention here that the process of printing of 220
million ballot papers for the general election 2018 would be completed by July 20
The commission had prepared a plan for dispatch of ballot papers to around 85,000 polling stations across the country well before the
polling day.The ballot papers would be dispatched to far-flung areas of Balochistan through aeroplanes.The paper being used for ballots
carrying all security features was imported from abroad.The process of transportation of ballot paper from Karachi was underway through
C-130 planes, Pakistan International Airlines and trucks.Pakistan Army had been providing security to the Printing Corporation of Pakistan
and other places during printing of the ballot papers.
