ECP biased, 14000 fake votes in each constituency: FAFEN
By Ali Imran

ISLAMABAD—The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has alleged that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is not unbiased and each constituency has approximately 14,000 fake votes.
According to details, FAFEN, which comprised of 40 NGO's formed in 2006 has deployed 20,000 observers for monitoring the elections in 264 constituencies of the country.
General Secretary of FAFEN, Sarwar Bari while addressing a press briefing here on Wednesday in the Central Secretariat of FAFEN said that the Election Commission of Pakistan when distributed CDs of the electoral lists announced that 4 million dual voters would be eliminated.
He said that there was no clear policy of ECP in this regard, adding that according to our research, there are approximately 14000 fake votes in each constituency, which reflects that ECP is not unbiased.
Sarwar Bari said that according to FAFEN research, 9.3 percent votes are bogus, he said and added that from 2002, nearly 20 million people has reached age of 18 and they have not been registered as voters. The pre-poll rigging has been started, he said.
FAFEN General Secretary further said that it has been found that in some constituencies of Karachi, one person has 12 voters in the different polling stations.
Commenting on the establishment of FAFEN, its Secretary General said that the main objective not only to monitoring elections but struggle for the creating a society based on democracy and justice. He said that the upcoming elections have utmost importance in the current critical situation of the country.
Meanwhile, Interior Ministry on Wednesday declaring nine districts as highly sensitive has banned the entry of International Observers and Media from these districts. Interior Ministry has declared six districts each of NWFP and FATA, three of Balochistan while one of Sindh as highly sensitive on the occasion of February 18 elections in the country.
Well-paced Sources of Interior Ministry told Online that South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Mehmand Agency, Bajaur, Frontier Region, Dera Adam Khel and Frontier Region Bannu have been declared as highly sensitive districts. In NWFP, Swat, Shangla, Lower Dir, Malakand, Hangu, Tank, Kohlu in Balochistan, Dera Bugti, Qila Abdullah, while in Sindh Kacha have been declared as highly sensitive.
In this regard, Interior Ministry has issued special orders to Provincial Governments to maintain law and order and monitor security arrangements in these areas to ensure peace during polls. While on the other hand, Foreign Observers and International Media have been banned to enter the said sensitive areas during polls.