Center for Media and Democracy Pakistan Expresses satisfaction on voting process

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18: The Election Monitoring Secretariat of the Centre for
Media and Democracy (CMD) Pakistan in its preliminary release congratulates
the Pakistani nation on completion of the electoral process in a peaceful
manner keeping in view the law and order situation of the country. Though
there have been reports of some law and order incidents on the Election Day,
the CMD is satisfied to note that the number of incidents of violence has
been quite low.

The CMD expresses gratitude to the political parties and rival candidates
for keeping the temperature low. The CMD also expresses gratitude to the
President of Pakistan, federal and provincial government authorities, law
enforcement agencies and district governments for tight security
arrangements on the polling day and for holding of a peaceful election as
per schedule.

The arrangements, facilities and procedures for the elections were
satisfactory. The CMD election observers received cooperation and support
from Election Commission of Pakistan, Federal and Provincial governments in
carrying out monitoring of elections.

The international observers of the CMD have compiled their reports of their
observations which would share their reports with the media on Tuesday upon
their arrival in the capital from different destinations of the country. The
CMD will release its report on electioneering on the same occasion.

CMD expresses its full support for Pakistan's democracy and urges all
political parties to accept the election results whole heartedly and show
political maturity so that successful democratic process continues to
prosper.


Mariam Qazi,
Program Manager, CMD Pakistan

Cell No: 0346-5372693
www.cmdpakistan.org
info@cmdpakistan.org
cmdelection2008@gmail.com

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