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Sardar Balakh Sher Khosa
Pakistani expatriates will not be able to vote in 11th May 2013's elections
The Community
Welfare Counsellor of the Pakistan Consulate Sydney NSW Sardar Balakh Sher Khosa finally
ended the confusion by saying those who wanted to vote would have to fly home. Sardar Khosa said that Pakistani expatriates will not be able to vote in
tomorrow's elections. He said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has
ruled out any possibility for overseas Pakistanis to vote in this election. The
Presidential signing of ordinance cannot be applicable for 2013 elections and
has not yet been notified.
Secretary ECP, Ishtiak Ahmed Khan has said that It was the desire of all the
stakeholders that overseas Pakistanis should be given the right to franchise in
2013 elections but limited time has become a major hurdle. Secretary ECP also
said that at this point it would be very difficult for the ECP to make
arrangements for around 4.5 million Pakistanis living in various parts of the
world to give them voting facility in just a few days.
