Poll body strengthens the security of the polling stations and voters. DESIGN: EMA ANIS
ISLAMBAD: The act of seeking votes on the basis of religion or sect was termed an offence by the Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday, Express News reported.
After the strict scrutiny process of candidates, the ECP has announced new stringent rules to govern the upcoming polls.
The poll body has also strengthened the security of polling stations.
Trying to reduce the external influence on voters, the commission announced that candidates, lawmakers and polling staff who criticise or elevate any political party in front of voters within the premises of polling station will be put behind bars.
Furthermore, anyone trying to refrain voters from voting altogether will also face charges.
The ECP announced a jail term for those who disrupt the working of polling staff, adding that voters are expected to maintain secrecy at all times both inside and outside the polling stations.
A few other existing rules are:
- It is illegal to vote on someone else’s behalf.
- Voters cannot bring their ballot papers outside the polling booth.
- Political parties cannot provide transport to voters.
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The act of seeking votes on the basis of religion or sect was termed an offence by the Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday
Although I support a political party (PTI) that doesn't seek votes on such basis, however I don't think that the ECP have such powers because there is nothing in the Constitution that bars such. IMO, ECP itself stands in violation of the Constitution!
Also, they have a problem with religion but not with racism/ethnicism/provincialism a la ANP, MQM, Balochi & Sindhi nationalist parties and PPP (to an extent [Sindh card etc])? This is ludicrous!!!
anyone trying to refrain voters from voting altogether will also face charges.
So does this means that its finally jail for Qadri?
I dont completely understand why it is wrong to provide transport to voters?
Practically its next to impossible..............if no one can stop them from killing people, who on earth will stop them not to use Islam for votes ?
Making rules is easy........................... enforcing them is the hard part.
if this is the rule than ECP ban PTI paid aid which started from Imran khan's pose in which he is using religion clearly.
Pakistan was made on the basis of religion based politics ,i think ECP didn't had any sense of history.
They did not have this enlightenment when they asked candidates to demonstrate their knowledge of Islam, how many times they pray, recite Kalimas and islamic way of preparing dead bodies for burial.
" The adversaries have registered this FIR at the police Station That Akbar , in these (modern) times,is invoking God's name"
translaton of: Raqeeboan nei rappat likhvaee hai, jaa jaa ke thaane mein keh Akbar naam laita hai, khuda kaa, iss zamanay mein
Please stop JUI from hoisting flags on mosques. They are blackmailing innocent people through the book. Their slogan is give vote to book " Holy Quraan. " Please don't do that or be ready or ire of Allah.
Election Commission is proving to be as good and as bad as the rest of the nation...Democracy at work...when the constitution itself is ISLAMIC and exhorts to promote ISLAMIC system, then is such "advice" itself not unconstitutional?
just shows how much perverted and incestuous have we become in our ability to be analytical and judicious.
Non-issues are the order of the day...coconut is in monkeys' hands ( bunderoan kay haath naryaal aa gaya hai.
@Anonymous: your INNOCENT ASWJ THUGS KILL PEOPLE.They post links on their disgusting website advising people on how to IDENTIFY people belonging to the wrong sect on basis of their names/surnames.If they are allowed to contest elections so can serial killers,rapists,thugs and nazi war criminals.E.T why on earth are such disgusting and stupid comments allowed to be published?
How about gaining votes on the back of Taliban and their terrorism. Taliban are controlling the electoral process by keeping out and killing the ANP and PPP leaders thus leaving the field open for all rightwing parties. The victory of rightwing parties and their leaders would be due to the killing and terror spree of Taliban.
lets see if ecp asks not to seek votes on the basis of qomiat and subaiat.on secular and liberalism and lets also ban taking votes on gun points or baradrism.but it will be considered crime against jamhoriat
JUI-F should be banned then.
stupid ECP.Leaders of banned sectarian out fits has already got through that so called scrutiny. Now toooooooo late
Great decision. Nobody should be allowed to use our great religion islam 4 their own benefit.
lets see if ecp asks not to seek votes on the basis of qomiat and subaiat.on secular and liberalism and lets also ban taking votes on gun points or baradrism.but it will be considered crime against jamhoriat and karachi bahi will not be pleased the bahiya is showing his colors
Indeed that seems good, but is it possible?
Then what all religious and right wings parties doing when they ask for votes?