Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati has demanded a probe into the fault in the software that was allegedly responsible for delayed election results, sources said Sunday.
Swati also demanded that those responsible should be identified and action be taken against them.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) wrote to the Cabinet Division asking it to constitute a committee for probing the election results software malfunction, local media reported on Thursday.
Amid severe criticism by political parties, the ECP had blamed the collapse for the unusual delay in the results on election day.
On Friday, former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani lashed out on Friday at the electoral body, calling the constitution of the committee a ‘mere sham.’
“We reject the ECP Secretary Babar Yaqoob’s letter to constitute a probe committee,” Rabbani said. “Formation of a committee to probe into failure of the RTS system is a mere sham. The terms of reference (TORs) to form the committee are ambiguous and they ignore the main issue.” ECP secretary Babar Yaqoob on July 26 had said that the delay had not been caused by any ‘wicked conspiracy’ or pressure.
Published in Daily Times, August 6th 2018.
