Recommendation Returning Officers and Election Tribunals 2.b (Election Administration) Pakistan 2002
http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/asia/PK/pakistan-final-report-national-and-provincial-1/at_download/file
Returning Officers and Election Tribunals perform crucial tasks as they are accepting candidates’ nomination papers as well as being responsible for consolidating the results. Most of them are experienced judges and have performed this task before. However, there are almost always changes to the process, and this was particularly true this year. In spite of this, no training of the ROs and Election Tribunal staff was conducted, which contributed to a non-uniform implementation of the rules and procedures, which could cast doubt on the election results. It is therefore recommended that the ECP also develop a training program for the ROs and Election Tribunal staff.
