The Election Commission of Pakistan has dismissed “deceptive tickers and reports” disseminated by certain private news channels, aiming to mislead the people regarding the capability and utility of the Election Management System (EMS).

According to the ECP spokesperson, certain private channels were spreading false propaganda regarding the non-functionality and faults in EMS.

He stated that, indeed, the functionality of EMS has undergone multiple tests, leaving “no doubt about its efficiency.”

Earlier, the spokesman in another statement said that the country’s top electoral authority has conducted another test run of the Election Management System (EMS) to be used for the general elections on February 8.

It said the system designed for tabulation and compilation of election results, successfully completed all the required steps and goals.

ECP spokesman Syed Nadeem Haider stated that returning officers of 859 constituencies participated in the experimental exercise of EMS to test the system’s eligibility both online and off­line and was “found to be satisfactory in all respects.”

He explained that the main purpose of EMS was tabulation and compilation of election results and it would be used on the polling day.