ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet approved the Election Amendment Bill 2022 during a meeting held with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday, during the meeting, the cabinet also approved tbaling the bill in the National Assembly. It also approved the prime minister’s advice to President Arif Alvi to appoint the Punjab governor.
“The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will launch a pilot project for the overseas Pakistanis to cast their votes in by-elections,” read the statement, adding that draft of the proposed project will be tabled in the Parliament.
The project will be launched for electronic voting and biometric verification, while the report will decide whether or not the voting procedure is workable for overseas Pakistanis and the verification method is applicable. The results will then be presented in the Parliament.
