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The Embassy of
Pakistan, Astana would like to inform the Pakistani
community in Kazakhstan that on the directions of the
Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan and as per law, the
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is conducting Overseas
Voting through Internet Voting Process in the upcoming
bye-elections in 37 constituencies, scheduled to be held
on 14th October, 2018. The list of these constituencies
along with detailed mechanism of internet voting is
available on the following links:
https://www.overseasvoting.gov.pk/
https://www.ecp.gov.pk
According to the ECP rules of overseas voting, eligible
voters should possess a valid National Identity Card for
Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), valid Machine Readable
Passport (MRP), and a valid e-mail address.
All Pakistani citizens in Kazakhstan are required to get
themselves registered between 1 – 15th September 2018
on the above mentioned link to cast their vote in
upcoming bye-elections through internet voting.
Please
Note:
As per
Section I-94 (2) of the Election Act, 2017, "Overseas
Pakistani means e citizen of Pakistan under the Pakistan
Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951) or holder of National
identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis under the National
Database and Registration Authority ordinance, 2000
(VIII of 2000) who is working or residing abroad
permanently or temporarily for not less than six months.
In view
of above, it is stated that, under section 94 of
Election Act 2017, the i-Voting System would not allow
to register any Pakistani citizen who does not possess
the NICOP and Machine Readable Passport (MRP).
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