At the end of the meeting, CEC in a press briefing said if the commission felt it necessary, it might call intelligence agencies to make sure that elections were held in free and fair manner. Reiterating that the commission would follow the Supreme Court directives to hold free and fair election, the commission has already warned political parties that the public would not tolerate any rigging in the general elections and political parties would be answerable to the people if free and fair election were not held.
Replying to a question regarding security threat by nationalist parties of Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhunkhaw, he said that time would decide. "If the commission feels necessary, it may call up Pakistan Army for monitoring polling stations where there is chance of adverse law and order situation," he said. "I beg nationalist parties and others not to boycott the general election," the CEC said in response to a query.
He also advised the government to remove concerns of the nationalist parties of Balochistan regarding general elections. Mushahid Hussain Syed of PML-Q told reporters after the meeting that most of political parties opposed a law proposed by the ECP. A day ago, the commission approved that results would be withheld and polling would be held again in any constituency where there were less than 10 percent votes of women.
Mushahid said political parties contended that there could be a host of reasons, including a natural disaster, why women might be unable to reach polling stations to cast their votes. He said the political parties agreed that the option of granting voting right to expatriates appeared to be non-practicable.
PPP's Nadeem Afzal Gondal informed the media that political parties had requested the commission to provide recommendations in writing so that they could share them with their parties' colleagues. Maulana Attaur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) pointed out that intelligence agencies should also be consulted, as their role in holding election could not be ignored, sources said.