Next general election to take place in Pakistan in 2023 under a new mechanism to ensure transparency in elections: Fawad.

ISLAMABAD -- Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain says the next general election will take place in Pakistan in 2023 under a new mechanism to ensure transparency in elections.

He was talking to the media along with Minister for Science and Technology Senator Syed Shibli Faraz, Adviser to PM on Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Zaheeruddin Babar Awan and Adviser to PM on Interior and Accountability Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar after having a meeting with the officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad on Monday.

The Minister for Information said the government is discussing the features of this new mechanism with the ECP and also presenting the same at the Parliament.

He said today, they discussed with the ECP officials the proposed legislation for electoral reforms, electronic voting machines, biometric system and i-voting.

Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said the government had proposed forty-nine amendments in the Electoral Reforms Bill tabled in the National Assembly in October last year, and they shared its details with the ECP.

He said it was decided today that the Ministry of Science and Technology will present a demonstration on the EVM to the ECP, and then the Election Commission can appoint a consultant to get his opinion on the matter.

The Minister said the PTI government has promised to provide right to franchise to overseas Pakistanis...