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KalSoft works in a consortium to provide ECP a Computerized Electoral Role System

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has entrusted KalSoft with the crucially important project of national as well as international significance for developing a Computerized Electoral Roll System (CERS). The contract was signed between ECP and KalSoft led consortium (KalSoft JV) which also includes TCS (PVT) Limited and Expert Systems (Pvt) Limited.

This mammoth Project comprises the development of a comprehensive software system for the CERS and Data management, and establishing the infrastructure, conducting the entire data entry of forms using blind double data entry standards, printing, end to end transport and logistics services.
ECP is an independent and autonomous constitutional body charged with the function of conducting transparent, free, fair and impartial elections to the National and Provincial Assemblies. It is one of the essential government bodies that require automation of the numerous processes in a secure and protected environment.

The principal purpose of this contract is to provide ECP with a completely automated system that will allow it to enter data in a secure and protected environment for Electoral Rolls for 2007 and beyond (ER07). This solution will enable the Voter’s registration, which is the most crucial component of any election system in an accurate, reliable and authenticated manner. The CERS and Data Management Software will perform the function of studying and storing data required for the process of being automated. Once the data is automated it will be used to support the application development for data entry operations so as to enter and store, as well as retrieve data whenever required.
 
The solution is expected to mark a new era in ECP’s history with much enhanced and empowered processes providing strategic technology to achieve encouraging results. This contract will open new avenues in the future for KalSoft in pursuing projects in the public sector.

Present at the project contract signing were Mr. Khurram H. Kalia (President and CEO, KalSoft) and Mr. Yasar Noor (S.V.P Subsidiaries and Sales, KalSoft), Mr. Ejaz Ahmed (Consultant-UNDP), Talmeez Abbas (Consultant-Expert Systems), Mr. R. B. Jan Wahidi (Provincial Election Commissioner N.W.F.P), Mr. Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad (Federal Secretary-Election Commission of Pakistan), Mr. Saqib Hamdani (Chief Operating Officer-TCS), Mr. Zahid Khan (MD-Expert Systems) and Mr. Khizer (Director IT- Election Commission of Pakistan).

Mr. Khurram Kalia, speaking on the occasion complimented the leadership of ECP on their vision and commented that this is a brilliant initiative by ECP to automate the process of electoral rolls which will add a lot more credibility to the whole process which is crucial for conducting of free and fair elections. He said, “The system will moreover, not only enhance the overall productivity and efficiency of the process but it will also allow generation of business intelligence based reports that will give insight in to the whole election data. The state of the art system and infrastructure will also provide a platform for enabling e-voting and other advancements in the future as well.”