Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource -Development (OP&HRD) Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bokhari on Monday stressed the need for simplifying i-voting registration process for the Pakistani expatriates.
SAPM was speaking here at a meeting on i-voting chaired by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Baber Awan. The meeting was also attended by the officials of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
He called for introducing a mechanism which enabled the overseas Pakistanis to register and cast votes through portable digital devices.
The NADRA representative gave a detailed briefing to the participants on the i-voting project for the overseas Pakistanis. An electronic demonstration of three steps, including registration, verification and vote casting procedure for the expats was also given during the meeting.
It was decided to take up the matter in the upcoming sessions of National Assembly and Senate, and thereafter the ECP would be recommended to initiate the i-voting process for the overseas Pakistanis.
The ECP and NADRA were also asked to jointly initiate a programme to ensure confidential voting for the overseas Pakistanis.
