ISLAMABAD: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has expressed concern over lack of facilities at polling stations, allegations that poling agents of political parties were not provided Form 45, high number of discarded votes, failure of the Results Transmission System in the middle of the vote count, and other anomalies.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the WAF said that though the ECP claimed that all facilities were provided in line with the Elections Act 2017, many polling stations consisted of small, dark, humid rooms without ventilation, in some cases not even equip­ped with fans and bathrooms, and lacked ramps for the old and disabled women.

“WAF remains deeply concerned over the serious allegations levelled by the political parties/agents of not receiving Form 45, de­layed results, high number of discarded votes, last minute change of polling stations, the failure of the RTS application in the middle of the vote count, and other anomalies.—Ikram Junaidi

Published in Dawn, August 6th, 2018