BUT THEY WERE GIVEN ORDERS Specific orders. They decided one day before to not to obey them (as usual).
See Fakhru Press Conferance from Election Night. Rest he said was nonsense but one thing stood out.
"If you give me security I will give you fair elections"
Read this news from one day before elections:
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-n...3/cec-asks-coas-to-review-polls-security-plan
CEC asks COAS to review polls security plan
May 10, 2013
Sikander Shaheen
islamabad - In a categorical expression of concern just ahead of the general elections, the C[HI]hief Election Commissioner Justice (Retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has expressed dissatisfaction over the militarys election security plan and asked the Army chief to review it.[/HI]
The development follows written communication between the CEC and the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani originated by the former to express reservations over what he reportedly believes are the compromised security measures inadequate to ensure foolproof security on May 11th. The CEC has asked the COAS to have the military troops appointed at the highly sensitive and sensitive polling stations in order to avert any security lapse. In its security plan made public on Tuesday and Wednesday in the respective Press briefings in Karachi and Lahore, the military leadership had decided for not deploying any troops at the polling stations and using the military troops only as a quick response force.
[HI]
The apparently strange decision had reportedly caught the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) with surprise, which believed that the troops deployed at the polling stations under potential security threats was not only essential to ensure foolproof polls security[/HI]
in the wake of ever-rising graph of terrorism, deploying the concentrated number of troops at certain highly sensitive polling stations[HI] was already agreed upon between the military leadership and the ECP management. [/HI]When approached, Fakhruddin G Ebrahim refused to share any details on the issue while confirming having written the letter to General Kayani.
[HI]
I write what I had to. Better not dig any deep into it. Thats a sensitive matter so all the relevant details should be kept classified,[/HI]
he said, adding, that the deteriorating security situation was the ECPs prime concern. How could free and fair polls be possible when the security situation is so volatile? It has to be taken care of. The abduction of Ali Haider Gilani, the former Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilanis younger son, from his electoral constituency in Multan during his political campaign on Thursday is reported to have further mounted the ECP security concerns. Moreover, according to an ECP top source, the military had recently assured the ECP that the troops deployment at the polling stations would be made as desired by the Commission when the electoral body had shared its security recommendations with the General Headquarters (GHQ).
[HI]
The Commissions concerns over the militarys security plan are also linked with the reported lack of compliance by the military authorities during the voters verification campaign in Karachi. We had to face a lot of problems in Karachi. There were so many complaints coming from our field staff during the voters verification exercise regarding the security threats due to the absence of the military troops in several areas,[/HI]
the ECP official informed.
[HI]
We dont want this to happen again. Who is to be held responsible if, God forbid, any untoward incident happens on the polling day? Everybody would be pointing fingers at us, [/HI]
the official said ,adding, that the Commission was being repeatedly blamed for the continued security lapses despite, he said, maintaining law and order and security provision were the domain of the Federal and Provincial Governments.
Last year, the ECP had sought militarys assistance for the provision of security during the general polls. Although, the military command had extended to the poll body its full support for the elections,[HI] it had refused to provide security at all the polling stations across Pakistan[/HI], contending that only highly sensitive and sensitive polling stations would be guarded by the Army troops.
Last month, the military leadership, in consultation with the Ministry of Interior, floated the option of using Pakistan Army as quick response force on the polling day but with the concentrated troops deployment at the polling stations facing potential security threat. This was agreed upon by the ECP.
However, in the Tuesday and Wednesday briefings by the Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa, [HI]the military looked to have amended its security plan without reportedly consulting the ECP.It unilaterally decided not to deploy any military troops at any polling station throughout the country and merely rely on aerial surveillance.[/HI]
This has not gone well with the electoral body against the backdrop of the rapidly deteriorating security situation prevalent presently.
ARMY planned the rigging. You have to be very guilable to think other wise.
