Islamabad, Sept. 1 (TNS): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said that process of online registration of overseas voters has been kicked off from Saturday, which will continue till September 15.
Overseas Pakistanis possessing valid machine-readable passports can get them registered as voters within the stipulated time, said Director General Public Relations ECP Nadeem Qasim while speaking to reporters in Islamabad on Friday.
He said after the due date, voter lists will be handed over to the concerned returning officers and names of overseas voters will be scored out, Radio Pakistan reported. These voters will not be able to cast their votes manually in Pakistan, he added.
Qasim further said the online voting registration system has been developed with the help of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).
To a question, he said it is a pilot project and overseas Pakistanis can register their votes to exercise their right to franchise in upcoming by-elections across Pakistan. He said over 700,000 overseas Pakistanis will be able to get their vote registered through the newly developed system.
