Chief secretary inspects election control room
Balochistan Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir Khan on Friday visited the Election Control Room established in the provincial IT Department to inspect the preparedness plan for the upcoming general elections.
Provincial Election Commissioner Muhammad Fareed Afridi, Additional Chief Secretary Home Zahid Saleem, Secretary Local Government Noor Ahmad Perkani, Secretary Finance Babar Khan, and Secretary S&GAD Syed Faisal Ahmed accompanied the chief secretary.
He on the occasion said conducting free, fair, and transparent elections is the main responsibility of the caretaker provincial government for which it is fully prepared. He directed that “it must be ensured that data regarding the initiation and completion of voting at the polling station must be displayed on the screens of the control room. Besides, he added the location of highly sensitive, sensitive, and normal polling stations of all divisions should also be given on the control room screen.
The CS called for devising a concerted strategy for the completion of a contingency plan at the district level for the transportation of ballot papers. Earlier, he was briefed that the Provincial Control Room and Emergency Control Center have been established in S&IT Department.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2024.