The first meetings should begin within the next few days.
Voter lists, polling dates, and delineation will all be discussed in consultations.
ECP will consult with PPP, PML-N, PTI, JUI-F, MQM, and JI, among other parties.
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be consulted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding the date of the general elections, which are anticipated to take place early in the following year, sources told Geo News late Tuesday night.
The political parties will be consulted separately, according to the sources, and the consultations will centre on the election roadmap as well as problems with delimitation and voter lists.
The sources also stated that the meeting between the ECP and the political parties is anticipated to start soon.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Awami National Party (ANP), and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) are among the major parties with which the electoral watchdog will meet.
ECP satisfied with RCS
The ECP was pleased with the mock exercise’s use of the new Result Compilation System (RCS) after receiving a briefing on it the day before.
At a meeting of the commission held at its secretariat in Islamabad, which was attended by its members, secretary, and other senior officers, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja presided.
The RCS, which enables the presiding officer to send the results instantly to the returning officer through a mobile app, was explained to the commission.
Additionally, under this system, returning officers will be able to compile ambiguous results with speedy and precise vote-count data.
The Media Coordination and Outreach Wing of the election authority claims that regular mock exercises on this system were carried out and that all of the system’s stages were examined.
Towards the end, the commission expressed its complete satisfaction with the system.
The commission has developed systems in recent years for handling election results, including result transmission and management systems.
In addition, the commission examined the delineation of the National Assembly and four provincial assemblies’ constituencies in light of the first-ever digital census in 2023.
The commission has also contacted the statistics department and the provincial governments as needed in this regard.
Meetings have also been held with the concerned agencies, who have also been reminded to give the commission the necessary maps and other information right away so that the delimitation process can get started.
The five delimitation committees, who were informed on Monday, will receive district maps and the necessary information from the federal capital and provinces until August 31 in order to carry out new delimitations.
