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ISLAMABAD: Expre\u00adssing satisfaction at the poll\u00ading exercise, a team of inter\u00adnational observers from the Commonwealth, who arrived in Islamabad to monitor the electoral process, on Thursday pla\u00adyed down suspension of mobile cellular services in the country.<\/p>\n
During their visit to the Islamabad Model College for Boys F-8\/4, in the morning, Commonwealth expe\u00adrts observed that voters had exercised their right to vote without mobile cellular services in the past.<\/p>\n
Dr Goodluck Jonathan, the former Nigerian President, who is leading the team of Commonwealth observers group, said that the suspension of mobile cellular services was a government decision.<\/p>\n
Later, in a briefing, Dr Goodluck Jonathan said that Pakistan was one of the key member of Common\u00adwealth countries. \u201cTechnical experts had been in Pakistan since December, to work with the Election Commission of Pakistan and other stakeholders,\u201d he said. The team of observes, comprising retired bureaucrats, judges and representatives of electoral bodies, met various stakeholders including journalists and members of civil society.<\/p>\n
The observers were deplo\u00adyed in various cities to check arrangements and interact with polling staff and take note of complaints for a comprehensive report about the poll process.<\/p>\n
Giving details of visits the team made in Islam\u00adabad, Dr Goodluck Jona\u00adthan expressed satisfaction at the level of security arran\u00adgements at the polling stations.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far no significant incident of violence was rep\u00ado\u00adrted,\u201d he said, The team will issue a comprehensive report on the electoral process on Saturday, he said.<\/p>\n
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