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Overseas Pakistanis Casting Votes For First Time

Islamabad (October 14, 2018): Overseas Pakistanis have started casting their ballots in by-elections being held on 35 constituencies of the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies.

For the first time, expats are exercising their right to franchise in a by-election through i-voting.

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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in collaboration with National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) has developed a software for online voting for overseas Pakistanis.

So far 1400 out of the total 7,346 registered overseas voters in 35 constituencies have cast their votes until the filing of this report. These voters have been issued passwords and those without a password will not be eligible to cast their ballots.

ECP has directed the overseas Pakistani, who have not received a password yet, to contact the control room at 0092512778899.

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