President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday emphasised the "long struggle" for the electronic voting machines (EVMs).
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Alvi said: "Remember 'our' long struggle for Electronic Voting Machines. EVM had paper ballots that could be counted separately by hand (like it is being done today) BUT it also had a simple electronic calculator/counter of each vote button pressed".
"Totals of every candidate would have been available & printed within five minutes of closing of poll," he said.
"The entire effort that included more than 50 meetings at the Presidency alone was scuttled. Had EVMs been there today, my dear beloved Pakistan would have been spared this crisis," Dr Alvi said.
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