ECP expresses difficulty in providing voting to overseas Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) held a meeting to discuss providing voting facilities to overseas Pakistanis.

According to the ECP Secretary, Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan it was the wish of the commission, Supreme Court and others that overseas Pakistanis should have the facility to vote. Khan who briefed the media however stated that there would be difficulties in providing this facility by the May 11 elections.

Khan added that time constraint was major a hurdle for providing overseas Pakistanis the facility to vote.

The ECP Secretary informed the media that NADRA had created the software for e-voting which would be presented in the Supreme Court on Thursday.