ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that preliminary software has been developed to extend electronic voting facility to the overseas Pakistanis in the upcoming general elections.
A team of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) headed by Chairman Usman Mobin gave a detailed presentation to a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umer Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, which is set to hear the case regarding right of vote to the overseas Pakistanis today (Tuesday). The team briefed the court on the way forward to authorise overseas Pakistanis to cast their votes in the general elections through internet. The bench observed that the development should be shared with all other stakeholders including Election Commission of Pakistan and parliamentarians so that the milestone of extending right of vote to the overseas Pakistanis through internet may be achieved in time.
Published in Daily Times, April 3rd 2018.
