Election type

Election Act 2017

94. Voting by Overseas Pakistanis.—(1) The Commission may conduct pilot projects for voting by Overseas Pakistanis in bye-elections to ascertain the technical efficacy, secrecy, security and financial feasibility of such voting and shall share the results with the Government, which shall, within fifteen days from the commencement of a session of a House after the receipt of the report, lay the same before both Houses of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).

(2) In this section, “Overseas Pakistani” means a 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.

Election Commission of Pakistan: Amendment to the Election Rules 2017, S.R.O. 1166(I)2018, from 29 September 2018, accessed 7 November 2018

84B: Voting procedure for Overseas Pakistanis.

On polling day, the voter shall log in to the overseas voting system using his username and password and shall avail the voting option form the system for casting his vote in respect of his National Assembly, or, as the case may be, Provincial Assembly Constituency by entering unique passcode:

Provided that by going through designated list of candidates of selected constituency, the voter shal cast his vote by selecting his desired candidate:

Provided further that upon successful submission of vote, a "confirmation" message shall be displayed on the screen.

Internet voting was available in this link: https://www.overseasvoting.gov.pk/i-voting/index.html , accessed 7 November 2018

Election Commission of Pakistan: Overseas Voting - Bye Elections 2018, accessed 7 November 2018