ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Election Commissionof Pakistan (ECP) to ensure voting facility for overseas Pakistanis inby-elections.

A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, alsodirected the commission to make such mechanism which should be ready beforeEid holidays.

During course of proceedings, Secretary ECP Babar Yaqoob pleaded before thebench that the commission could make possible this exercise in limitedconstituency.

However CJ rejected the plea and directed them to make possible in allconstituencies in which by-poll going to be held, but such votes would becounted separately as postal ballot papers.

Meanwhile Chief expressed concerned over failure of Result TransmissionSystem (RTS).To which Secretary informed the court that RTS was not failed however itwas slow as it was fifth largest in the world.

Subsequently, the bench while passing said directions adjourned furtherhearing of the case till August 15. – APP