Shibli Discloses the Cost Estimation of Electronic Voting Machines
He further said, See Also: Election Commission of Pakistan States that Using EVMs for Elections is Very Expensive EVM is the clear manifestation of the present government’s transition towards technology in accordance with the vision of Prime Minister, Imran Khan to make the elections transparent. The minister said that he was given the first task of evolving an indigenous prototype of EVM soon after assuming charge as Minister for Science and Technology to resolve the longstanding issue of disputed and non-transparent elections. He said the target of developing the prototype of EVM was given on April 15 which was completed on July 15. They have developed a prototype in the short span of three months and gave flawless demonstrations to the Prime Minister, President, Parliament, Chamber of Commerce, universities and masses. Now, even the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after legislation agreed on conducting local body elections in Islamabad and even in Punjab too through EVM which is the success of Prime Minister, Imran Khan. The minister pointed out that this would be proved in the local body elections that “conducting elections through EVM is possible”. Check Also: ECP Asks for Further Legislation on the Use of EVMs for Future Elections
