ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday overruled objections to the voting applications of Overseas Pakistanis. A two-member bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan heard the case pertaining to give the right to vote to overseas Pakistanis. During the hearing, Lawyer Sheikh Rasheed gave ...

*The National Assembly on Thursday has passed the bill to amend the Elections Act 2017. *The amendments made to the law during the previous Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government to used electronic voting machines (EVM) for polling and granting voting rights to overseas Pakistanis have been ...

A meeting chaired by Federal Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar decided to review the law on granting voting rights to overseas Pakistanis. The meeting also considered not to use electronic voting machine in the upcoming elections. The Law Minister said that we are a poor country, we cannot set ...

Hearing on the petition against overseas Pakistanis not being given the right to vote in local body election was held in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday. Justice Shujaat Ali Khan heard the case on the matter of overseas Pakistanis right to vote in local body election in Lahore High Court. ...

ISLAMABAD: A preliminary software has been developed to extend electronic voting facility to overseas Pakistanis in general elections, National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) informed the top court during a briefing on Monday. A team of Nadra headed by its chairman Usman Y Mobin gave ...

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday has formed a three-member bench to hear petitions seeking voting right of the Pakistani diaspora in next General Elections 2018. The petitions have been filed by citizens from different walks of life. During the court ...

PESHAWAR: (APP) The Khyber Pakthunkwa Assembly with Speaker Assad Qaisar in the chair Tuesday unanimously passed resolution seeking voting rights to the transgender community in the province.The resolution moved by Amna Sardar of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stated that federal government ...

LAHORE: (APP) Federal Minister for Law and Justice (Retd) Zahid Hamid has said that the cabinet will review the suggestions about the use of bio-metric system in the next elections.Addressing a session on law reforms, organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association at a local hotel on Saturday, he ...