*ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday hasresponded to the news of the election material found at a tandoor inIslamabad.*
*ECP issued a statement clarifying media reports that election forms werefound at a tandoor (flatbread shop) in Islamabad.*
The commission said that the material that had been found was neithersensitive nor important. It further explained that the material was in factinstructional material which had been provided to schools and colleges forthe training of staff tasked with election duties.
The ECP had trained 871,000 people including district returning officers,returning officers and polling staff in over 400 schools and colleges.
The material had been provided in large volumes for training purposes whichwas conducted in a professional way, and the schools sold it off afterfinding no further use for it, the ECP explained.
The ECP also made clear that the election material that is sensitive andimportant is safely stored in the commission’s “strong rooms” under thecode of conduct, and were deposited by the Returning Officers undersupervision of the armed forces.