Vote Verification via SMS Served 4.5 Million Requests
Over 4.5 million citizens have so far verified their records of vote through SMS service which was launched from March 1st to facilitate citizens to verify their vote registration and particulars in the voters lists.
Deputy Chairman National Database and Registration Authority (ADRA), Tariq Malik yesterday told APP that Mobilink, being the largest mobile phone operators is leading in terms of utilized its network.
Telenor is second so far as using the particular service is concerned. Around 1.282 million voters have so far checked the status of their votes through its network. Ufone is third in a row with 980,072 SMS, Warid with 448,438 and Zong with 392,816.
Tariq Malik said Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in collaboration with NADRA and mobile phones operators launched the World’s largest short messaging service ‘SMS’ for 83.2 million Pakistani voters besides displaying new electoral rolls across the country.
