Government has transferred the authority of the collection of completed ballot papers from the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) and has asked the CSO to oversee the use of technology on election day.

The responsibility for this was transferred last week in an order issued by the Presidential Palace.

IEC officials said they have not spoken to the CSO in this regard but emphasized that they will not accept any delays in the election schedule caused by the introduction of technology and a biometric system.

In this episode of Takani, host Fawad Akbarzai discusses the topic with the following guests:

Sayed Khalid Sadat, university lecturer

Mohammad Sami Nabi, CSO site operational chief

Kubra Rezaie, deputy spokesperson of IEC