ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Qazi Mohammad Farooq has sought reports from the four provincial governments regarding the prevailing law and order situation by Monday evening and will decide Tuesday about the fate of the January 8 general elections in the country after reviewing the reports.This was decided an important emergency meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), headed by CEC Justice (Retd) Qazi Mohammed Farooq here on Monday. Commission members Justice Nasim Sikandar, Justice Ahmed Khan Lashari and other high officials attended the meeting.
The Election Commission said that many of its offices were set on fire during riots that broke out after Benazir Bhutto’s tragic death. The Commission further said that voter lists were destroyed, and other election preparations were affected. According to the Commission, the offices of ECP and ballot boxes and voting scanners present there were torched in nine districts of Sindh including Sukkar, Jamshoro, Noshehroferoz, Qambar Shahdadkot, Thatta, Ghotki, Jackobabad, Badin and Dadu. In these areas, the training work of polling staff is affected as well.
The meeting was told that the work of Election Commission was affected, as the offices of the commission were set on fire on several places. The ECP also claimed that a polling agent from Kurram Agency apprised the Commission in his letter that circumstances are not conducive for holding of the elections there.It is widely expected that Chief Election Commissioner would announce to defer the elections for National and Provincial Assemblies. Election Commission sources said that the elections will most likely be delayed by several weeks, despite demands by the PPP of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto that the polls should be held as per schedule.-SANA
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