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President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday approved and signed the ‘Electoral Laws (Amendment) Ordinance‚ 2013 to facilitate the overseas Pakistanis to cast their vote from abroad. Giving details of the ordinance‚ Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that ordinance provides that the Election Commission of Pakistan at least 14 days before the day […]
Pakistan said Friday that concurrence of seven host governments has been received for the conduct of polling for overseas Pakistanis. Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad that the Election Commission had short-listed nine countries where polling could be held. The spokesman said concurrence from Saudi […]
The Election Commission has decided to give right of vote to overseas Pakistani and the decision will be implemented through the Presidential Ordinance, Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan said on Thursday. The decision was taken at a meeting held in Islamabad today with Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim in the chair. […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan has expressed its inability to provide vote casting right to the overseas Pakistanis. The Election Commission of Pakistan submitted its report in this regard in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Commission opposed hurried evolution of a mechanism to enable overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right to vote. […]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday directed that voting right should be granted to the overseas Pakistanis. He was hearing a case pertaining to voting right to overseas Pakistanis. He also directed that the overseas Pakistan should be made a part of the voting in the election process. He directed the Election […]
Kuwait has initiated a policy of relaxation of visas for Pakistani nationals and Pakistanis working in the public sector Kuwait can now bring their wives and children to Kuwait without restrictions, officials said Friday. Also, private sector employees can issue dependent visas (male children up to the age of 15 and female children up […]
Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Friday observed the elections cannot be called fair and transparent if millions of overseas Pakistanis are deprived of the right. The CJP was hearing a petition on granting voting rights to overseas Pakistanis following the Election Commission’s unwillingness to make arrangements for the voting of overseas […]
Pakistan diaspora has remitted about 3 billion US Dollars from the UAE to Pakistan, which is an ever increasing trend which is well needed, said Ambassador of Pakistan to the UAE, Mr. Jamil Ahmed Khan on Thursday. While addressing certificates distribution ceremony to the Pakistani diaspora Ambassador Jamil Ahmed Khan appreciated that Pakistanis are […]
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the authorities to resume the mobile service in Karachi immediately. The SHC gave the order during the hearing of suo motu case pertaining the ban of motorcycle riding in Karachi announced by the interior ministry of Pakistan. Earlier, the government suspended the mobile services Karachi […]
In what appeared to be good news for overseas Pakistanis, the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended the federal government’s notice of a new tax on incoming international calls. The petitioner who raised this issue in the LHC had claimed that the federal government had unconstitutionally and without notifying any competent commission, levied this tax through […]
Voting rights for Expats: Election Commission of Pakistan Islamabad: (Tuesday, February 14, 2012) The Election Commission of Pakistan decided today to give voting rights to over 3.7 million overseas Pakistanis in the general elections. The decision was taken today in a high level meeting chaired by the Secretary Election Commission Ishtiak Khan. Admitting the right […]
