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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary on Thursday requested the media to ensure that the election results are not aired on TV before 7pm on July 25.
"Please make sure that no election results are aired before 7pm on polling day," the ECP secretary said.
The request was made during a meeting with Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Chairman Muhammad Baig, the ECP secretary and chief election commissioner (CEC), retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza.
The Pemra chairman assured the election body of its full cooperation. He also briefed Justice Raza and the ECP secretary on the media's code of conduct.
People will be able to cast their vote on July 25 from 8am to 6pm.
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Jul 05, 2018 04:51pm
This should be enforced strictly.
All channels vie to give 'breaking news' when the news is usually the same on all channels. It simply looks silly!
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Jul 05, 2018 05:00pm
Why?
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Jul 05, 2018 07:07pm
If you can declare a result by 7.00 pm why not? I doubt we have such an efficient system that 350,000 votes can be counted and recounted in 1 hour. What he probably meant was not to declare someone a winner on media’s assessment.
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Jul 05, 2018 09:23pm
Good suggestion.
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Jul 05, 2018 10:47pm
Good decision
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Jul 06, 2018 12:51am
Also ECP should guide media that do not publish incomplete result likewho is running ahead and who is trailing. Media only publish full result of each consistuancy....
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