The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided to undertake a thorough probe into the reason why result transmission system failed during the general elections in 2018.
The chief election commissioner announced this during a meeting with National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) officials on Monday.
Expressing resentment on NADRA officials over collapse of the RTS system, the ECP said, “They should be unveiled in order to be sorted out before the next polls,” the commission said.
The issue pertaining to providing data of new national identity card (NIC) holders to the ECP was also raised with the NADRA officials during the meeting. The NADRA officials refused to provide the data of fresh NICs free of cost and demanded of the election body to pay an amount in return of it.
The ECP officials were of the view that NADRA was bound to provide data to the commission, however the NADRA officials claimed that they are an independent institution and no payment is being made from the government to it for its services.
“The process will not only include of transfer of data from NADRA but also hardwork of the employees performing the job,” the authority’s officials said.
The ECP decided to mull over the matter and find a way out to resolve it.
Last minute complications in the ECP’s RTS system aimed at transferring results from polling booth to the election body’s headquarters raised severe reservations from the opposition parties at the time of general election 2018 that saw Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) emerging as the leading party.
