Oveoverseas Pakistanis have the right to vote, why can't the law be amended? Court
Overseas Pakistanis have the right to vote, why can't the law be amended? Court The Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked the lawyer of Imran Khan during the hearing of the case of giving the right to vote to overseas Pakistanis, how can the court give a different order from the earlier decision? On Friday, representatives of the Election Commission and NADRA appeared before the three-member bench of the Supreme Court along with the lawyers of Imran Khan, Sheikh Rasheed and other petitioners. A bench consisting of Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Mazahir Akbar Naqvi, headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, heard the petitions. Arif Chaudhry, a lawyer for one of the petitioners, told the court that while submitting the report, NADRA has taken a stand that a procedure is being drawn up for the implementation of the Overseas Pakistanis Voting Rights Act and if the Election Commission cooperates. It will be possible in a year. The lawyer opined that the issue of giving the right to vote to ov...