Islamabad, January 04, 2022 (PPI-OT):A high-level delegation led by Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan met Ambassador of Brazil, Olyntho Vieira, in Islamabad today (Tuesday). The objective of the meeting was to learn Brazil’s electoral expertise of using Electronic Voting Machines and overseas voting.

During the meeting, areas of cooperation were identified such as technical visits, exchange of experts, sharing technology, training and capacity building of the officials of the ECP. Speaking on the occasion, ECP Secretary, Omar Hamid Khan said that the Commission would utilize the experiences of Brazil which shares numerous electoral and demographic similarities with Pakistan.

He said the ECP has been making concerted efforts to acquire the new technology and this requires following International best practices and standards. On this occasion, the Brazilian ambassador briefly discussed about the gradual introduction of technology in the electoral process especially use of EVMs in Brazil.

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