‘Actually, UNDP didn’t get the story right’

• Mazari says deliberate confusion being spread about Imran Khan’s statement in Bahawalpur rally

ISLAMABAD

ONLINE

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Shireen Mazari Thursday stated that a deliberate confusion was being spread about the statement made by PTI Chairman Imran Khan on the UNDP Results Management System (RMS) which was to be used during polling to ensure a transparent election including result compilation.

In the PTI Bahawalpur rally, Khan referred to this system through which results were initially being sent directly to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) headquarters but later this system slowed down and came to a halt and after that results were compiled manually, Mazari said in a press statement, adding that ECP had also conceded this point.

The PTI information secretary said that a senior official of the ECP, who was involved in the data gathering process, claimed that the UNDP project had nothing to do with the announcement of election results as it was an exercise aimed at data gathering for analysis and future reference.

“This is completely incorrect. As this system’s name is Results Management System which was supposed to relay results transparently as they were being collated from ROs to the ECP HQs. The system was connected to the ECP website to publish automated results of not only the election count but also the candidate’s nomination papers and their electoral symbol allocations. So clearly this RMS had everything to do with the online publication of election results,” Mazari said.

Mazari said it was inexplicable as to why the UNDP would seek a cover up for the failure of their system.

“The ECP RMS introductory presentation is attached to show how the system was all encompassing including tabulation of results. PTI stands by the position taken by its chairman in the Bahawalpur rally.”