Speaking in the National Assembly, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has proposed the formation of a committee to investigate whether
magnetic ink was used at all the polling stations.
The interior minister said he fears that
magnetic ink was not used in several areas and a large number of votes are unverifiable due to use of common ink.
A faster image-based cheque-clearing system adopted by the Reserve Bank of India in 2014 - the CTS has significantly cut the time and cost of cheque clearing by replacing the manual delivery of paper cheques with the electronic transmission of digital images and
magnetic ink character recognition.
The other details including the printing of ballot papers, using of
magnetic ink, deployment of staff, available time of polling, approval of nomination papers of the candidates and issuing of final list of the candidates submitted in the written reply.
Commenting on Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar's charges that
magnetic ink was not used for taking thumb impressions of voters during polling in the May 11 general elections, Secretary General Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Ishtiaq Khan said the minister was wrong.
The meeting to be participated by high officials of NADRA (National Database and registration Authority), and Printing Corporation of Pakistan, would be deliberating over such important LG elections' issues like ballot papers,
magnetic ink, and holding LG election on party basis in Punjab.
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He claimed that the ECP was hands in glove in rigging the elections and the
magnetic ink used in the polls was not durable and it disappeared only after four hours after the ballots were cast.
He said that
magnetic ink was not used in the polling, adding that the FIA would take action if the Election Commission of Pakistan identified irregularities.
Earlier, the Supreme Court ordered the ECP to make sure all arrangements for preparation LG polls including printing of ballot papers and arrangement of
magnetic ink for holding polls in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan on December 7.
"It would be the responsibility of the Election Commission of Pakistan to ensure provisioning of the
magnetic ink and flawless enlistment of the voters in voters' list" he said.
He said that
magnetic ink was not used in NA-256 and NA-258 constituencies of Karachi.
