National May 8, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The electronic voting machines (EVMs) being presented as the ideal solution to election rigging, disputes over results and other poll-related controversies, are going to cost more than Rs100 billion. But despite this huge expense, they are unlikely to be the solution to ending electoral disputes and controversies, experts believe. Experts raise serious questions about the transparency and credibility of elections conducted through EVMs and believe that their deployment could make the electoral process more open to manipulation and tampering. Prime Minister Imran Khan is an aggressive advocate for the EVMs and wants to procure them for the next general elections at all costs, ignoring the equally forceful rejection by most opposition parties. Before any across-the-board political consensus is reached on the issue, the government is set to promulgate an ordinance to the effect.