A total of 180 million ballot papers weighing 650 tonnes were used for today's general elections in Pakistan.
Security personnel transported the ballot papers to the polling booths across the country. Some 50 army helicopters flew for 347 hours to transport the ballot papers.
Security cover had been provided to five printing presses where the ballot papers were printed, a military officer said today.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Election Commission Secretary Ishtiak Ahmad Khan said that a foolproof system had been put in place so that nobody could steal the ballot papers, the newspaper reported.
There was no room for capturing polling stations and stamping ballot papers, said Khan.
