PAKISTAN WILL PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE WORLD TO PROVIDE COMPUTERIZED ELECTORAL ROLLS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON THE WEB SITE
Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad
Islamabad, the 16th July, 2008.- While addressing the Trainees of the Workshop of the Information Technology of Election Commission of Pakistan, Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad, Secretary, Election Commission of Pakistan has said that it is pleasing to inform that the delivery of High-end-IT equipment for establishing additional Information Technology infrastructure at Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad and all Provincial Election Commissioners Headquarters Offices has been commenced. This state of the art infrastructure, which is being procured by International Foundation for Electoral System (IFES) on behalf of USAID for computerization Electoral System to approach latest IT infrastructure will provide a solid foundation for successful implementation and operationalization of Computerized Electoral Rolls System (CERS) provided at Election Commission of Pakistan Secretariat as well as Provincial Election Commissioners offices in a very very professional approach and will be a milestone in the history of Electoral System in Pakistan.
The Secretary further said that this change will certainly bring revolution in the Electoral Management System in Pakistan. He further said that Management Information System and Geographical Information System are also being installed, which will bring drastic changes in the Electoral System in Pakistan to achieve the objective of transparency and accuracy.
The Secretary further said that Pakistan will be the first county in the world to provide all electoral information/data on the web site.