Overseas Pakistanis will be able to participate in the electoral process for the first time after Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the i-voting system for which registration will start from tomorrow.
By elections are scheduled to be held for constituencies which have been vacated by lawmakers who won more than one seats during the General Elections of 2018.
Procedure For Registration:
The procedure for overseas Pakistanis to get registered is as follows:
1) Visit the official website of www.overseasvoting.gov.pk
2) Provide your name and email address to create a new account
3) You will receive a confirmation email which will redirect you to your account
4) Provide Passport number, NICOP number, Issuance date of NICOP and other details
5) Questions will be asked for authentication
6) If these steps are followed correctly the overseas Pakistani will be registered for voting.
Registration will be open from 1st September till 15th September 2018 but only those overseas Pakistanis can register themselves in i-voting who are already registered voters.
How To Vote?
On the by-polls day overseas Pakistan can cast their vote in a very simple and easy way. Follow these steps to cast your vote:
1) Visit the website of ECP for Overseas Pakistanis
2) Login to your account through email and password
3) Provide your NICOP number and Voter Pass Number
4) Select your constituency and cast vote to your favourite candidate
As per the order of Supreme Court the votes of overseas Pakistanis will be segregated so that it may not affect the balloting of the constituency if any dispute arises on the process.