ECP starts registration of overseas Pakistanis' votes today

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is starting the process of online registration of the overseas Pakistanis as voters from today. The process will continue till September 15.

Talking to media in the federal capital, ECP official Nadeem Qasim said expatriate Pakistanis possessing valid machine-readable passports (MRP) and National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP) can get them registered as voters.

He said the online registration system has been developed in collaboration with NADRA.

To a question, he said it is a pilot project and the overseas Pakistanis can get them registered as voters to exercise their right to franchise in the upcoming by-elections in the country.

Qasim said over 700,000 overseas Pakistanis will be able to get their vote registered through the newly developed system.

The ECP is scheduled to conduct by-polls on 11 National Assembly and 26 provincial assembly seats on October 14.