Chief Secretary Punjab Akbar Hussain Durrani on Saturday ordered the authorities to take stern action over violation of code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan. He said that the government servants, who have affiliations with political parties and those who remained absent from election duty would be punished.
He was presiding over a meeting to review arrangements for general elections 2018, at Civil Secretariat, here on Saturday. The Chief Secretary said that holding of free, fair and transparent elections is a priority and all possible cooperation would be extended to the Election Commission of Pakistan for achieving this objective.
He directed that a report regarding implementation of code of conduct and action over violation be submitted on regular basis. He ordered the Inspector General of Prisons to take necessary steps to enable prisoners to cast their vote. He also issued instructions to Additional Chief Secretary Home to make functional central control room for monitoring of elections.
The Additional Chief Secretary Home told the meeting that section 144 has been imposed in the province from June 29 to July 28 to maintain law and order during the general elections.
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