Preliminary Software Developed to Extend Voting Facility to Overseas Pakistanis
Islamabad: A preliminary software has been developed to extend electronic voting facility to overseas Pakistanis in the forthcoming general elections, National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) informed the Supreme Court on Monday.
A team of Nadra officials, headed by its chairman Usman Y Mobin, gave a detailed presentation to the Chief Justice of Pakistan and judges - Justice Umer Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan - at the Supreme Court during the hearing in the case on granting the right of vote to overseas Pakistanis.
The judges observed that the development may be shared with all other stakeholders, including the Election Commission of Pakistan and parliamentarians so that everyone know that the cherished milestone was achievable well in time.
The case was later scheduled for Tuesday.
Earlier in January, Nadra had apprised the Supreme Court that a three-tier electronic mechanism – named the Internet Voting System for Overseas Pakistanis – will be developed at a cost of Rs150 million within a period of four months. The ECP would provide the required funds for the project.
The three-tier internet voting mechanism includes voter registration and verification.
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