ISLAMABAD, June 30 (INP): The Election Commission of Pakistan has is committed to educate the general public regarding electoral process as the maximum participation of people is vital to strengthen the democracy in the country. This was stated by the spokesperson of ECP Altaf Ahmed while taking to Radio Pakistan here on Saturday. He said that the ECP had agreed to extend the polling time by one hour in order to facilitate the general public and ensure the maximum participation of voters. The Spokesperson said that ECP had given clear directions regarding the implementation of code of conduct. The monitoring teams would report the violation of code of conduct and violators would have to bear the consequences, he added. Altaf Ahmad said that polling stations were categorized as normal, sensitive, highly sensitive and 20,000 polling stations had been categorized as sensitive by ECP. He said that we were highly concerned with the safety of the voters, polling officers and other staff. “ECP is committed to conduct election in safe, transparent and conducive manner.” The ECP Spokesman mentioned that the reason to extend the polling time was to facilitate the voters and maximize the election turnover. To a question, he said that a detailed code of conduct was issued to the media to focus on the awareness campaign of the voter to include maximum people in electoral process. It is compulsory to hold an Original National Identity Card to cast the vote, no one would be allowed to cast vote on the photocopy of the ID card. Voter with an expired ID card was also allowed to cast the vote, Altaf Ahmad added. INP/SB/AK