This commission also holds that it is reasonable to assume that the information technology/software used by the Respondent also keeps track of voters of a given constituency.
This commission also holds that as requested information pertains to the functions of the officials involved in the maintenance of electoral rolls for the conduct of such sensitive a task as the conduct of free, fair and transparent lections, no items of the requested information is hit by any of the exemption clauses of the Act, 2017, including its Section 7 (g).
This commission maintains that the citizens of Pakistan have the right to know the names of officials involved in the maintenance of electoral rolls, as at times, even slightest change can impact the entire result of a constituency. Such a disclosure would help bridge trust-deficit between voters and the Respondent, Election Commission of Pakistan in the conduct of electoral process as such a disclosure would assure the citizens that voter movement in electoral rolls is not carried out by relevant officials in an arbitrary manner but voters’ movement is based on facts and under relevant Rules/Regulations.