Bukhari for simplifying i-voting registration process for expats.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP and HRD) Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari on Monday underlined the need for simplifying i-voting registration process for the Pakistani expatriates.

He called for introducing a mechanism which enabled the overseas Pakistanis to register and cast votes through portable digital devices.

He was speaking here at a meeting on i-voting chaired by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Baber Awan. The meeting was also attended by the officials of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

The minutes of previous meeting on the i-voting was also reviewed, said a press release.

The NADRA representative gave a detailed briefing to the participants on the i-voting project for the overseas Pakistanis. An electronic demonstration of three steps, including registration, verification and vote casting procedure for the expats was also given during the meeting.

The meeting decided to...