Law for Voting Rights of Expats put into Effect

Voting Rights to Expats

On Saturday, President Arif Alvi announced an ordinance to grant voting rights to expats (overseas Pakistanis) and permit the use of electronic voting machines in the general elections.

Second Election (Amendment) Ordinance

Through Second Election (Amendment) Ordinance; the President amended the sections 94(1) & 103 of Election Act 2017.

“The Commission shall with technical assistance of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) or any other Authority and Agency shall enable overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right to vote during general elections in their country of residence,” says the amended section 94 (1) of the Election Act.

According to the amended section 103; the Election Commission would be responsible for procuring the electronic voting machine to be used in general elections.

Local & Overseas Pakistanis go Nip and Tuck on Twitter

Local & Overseas Pakistanis; have had multiple face offs over the years. However; this time the disagreement is on the fact that; the locals are reminding overseas natives that they too would love Pakistan from a distance.

Overseas Pakistanis; are not much aware of the reality back home.They often form assumptions based on news reports. Their praises are somewhat out of defense nationalism

Overseas Pakistanis were overjoyed on Twitter.


This sense of involvement to their right of voting; on the other the locals got a sniff of it and did not remain silent.