No hurdle would be allowed in the electoral process by ensuring the implementation of code of conduct issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, he said and added that caretaker government was determined and confident for the complete implementation of law by maintaining its complete impartiality.

Clear instructions had been issued to the administration, police and law enforcement agencies for that purpose, he said.

He said that caretaker government would come up to the expectations of the nation by discharging its obligations efficiently and in accordance with the given mandate.

He said a level playing field had been provided to the candidates of all the political parties as well as the independent contestants so that they could take part in the electoral process and the voters could choose their candidates in a free and fair atmosphere.

He said arrangements were being completed for the peaceful holding of election besides ensuring implementation of code of conduct in the districts. Provision of peaceful atmosphere to the voters for using their right of franchise was the basic responsibility of the government and every citizen would have to extend full cooperation to the government bodies, he added.

He said that law and order would be fully upheld during the polling process and no one would be allowed to take law into his own hands.

He made it clear that supremacy of law would be ensured in case of any violation of electoral rules and regulations. He said that free and fair election were the foremost condition of the sustainable democracy.

Caretaker government was utilizing all possible resources for holding free, fair and transparent election by fulfilling its responsibilities.

He said that work was being done round-the-clock for making the electoral process transparent by adopting an effective monitoring system.

He said that all constitutional measures would be adopted which were the foundations of peaceful and fair election so that the people could get a chance to use their right of franchise in a free and fair atmosphere. Implementation on the devised mechanism would be ensured in all the circumstances to provide a peaceful atmosphere to the voters.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2018