Pakistan Views

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Qazi Muhammad Farooq said on Saturday that maintaining law and order in the country is the basic responsibility of the government and if needed, the army will also be posted in sensitive areas.

Addressing a DROs workshop here, he said that following the tumultuous and chaotic conditions after December 27, ECP had no other option than delay the elections.

Qazi Farooq said that arrangements for holding the elections on February 18 would be finalized at the workshop.

Talking to the journalists on the occasion, CEC said the turnout in elections would not be affected by the boycott of All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM).

Addressing the workshop, Secretary ECP Kanwar Dilshad said the damage suffered by electoral process in the wake of violence which erupted on the murder of Benazir Bhutto has been compensated.