On Wednesday, Federal minister of science and technology Senator Shibli faraz said while talking to media that the locally made EVM machine which is a voting machine to cast votes without the risk of hacking and bugs, is better than that made by India,, meaning the one Pakistan Made is better in quality and lower risk.
He said, the EVM will introduced to chamber of Commerce, Universities, and Provincial assemblies and bar council, “as relevant stakeholders will be approached”. He further added, that awareness campaigns for the public will run to educate the people about its usage and its effectiveness in the elections and training of relevant staff will also be conducted.
The minister added, that all the issues and queries raised by the lection Commission of Pakistan were addressed and the EVM was made according to that for the satisfaction of ECP, thus all the standards and requirements provided were ,et. There were around 58 requirements and all of them were completed, he further added “he there are any more demands by the ECP those will be catered as well regarding the EVM”.
Shibli faraz said, “Each button on the machine has only single function and it has been made keeping in mind the security aspects. It has three units and Due to lack of connectivity to the internet, Bluetooth and operating system it cannot be hacked.
