Election 2013: Printing of ballot papers begins

KARACHI: The Pakistan Security Printing Corporation has begun printing ballot papers amid strict security arrangements with the Pakistan army monitoring the process of printing and transportation of ballot papers after the Election Commission of Pakistan issued final list of candidates for the upcoming general election.

According to sources in the Election Commission of Pakistan, printing of the ballot papers would be carried out by the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation and the Pakistan Printing Corporation in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.

The sources said that the process began after the electoral body provided a sample for the ballot paper, adding that in case any error was found in the ballot papers, representative of the ECP and the army officers would expunge it in the presence of the Pakistan Security Printing Corporation authorities.

The ballot papers for various constituencies of Sindh, Balochistan and the south Punjab are being also printed in Karachi.