Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided to allow overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right of casting vote in up-coming bye-elections.
The decision was made in a meeting chaired by Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan Babar Yaqoob to discuss the matter of permission to overseas Pakistanis for casting their vote in bye-elections.
The meeting finalized the strategy to allow all overseas Pakistanis to cast their vote in bye-elections and special instructions have been issued to National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in this regard.
It was decided that after registration process all registered overseas Pakistanis will be allowed to cast their vote in bye-elections, which will be held in different constituencies of the country.