The recent decision would enable 3.7 million overseas Pakistanis to participate in the general elections.

A high level meeting of the commission held here on Tuesday with EC Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan in the chair. 

The meeting decided to give the voting right to the Pakistanis living in other countries and registering their names in the electoral rolls.

The meeting also mulled over mechanism of voting which included postal balloting, setting up polling booths in Pakistani embassies and other options.

The meeting also considered of reserving seats for overseas Pakistanis in the elected assemblies. 

                    WOW! Two good news at a time

Secretary Pakistan Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan has announced that now 3.7 million Pakistanis including myself will be able to cast vote while living overseas. He further said that overseas Pakistanis can also be elected against some allotted seats also. This as a matter of fact has been demanded since long but one way or the other it never saw green light except some very heartening statements and rosy promises to be honest. No denying the fact, overseas Pakistanis remit quite handsome money back home and thus it was quite ironical that those who earn foreign exchange fir the country are deprived such a basic fundamental right. Thanks again Election Commission but spell out the logistics involved therein.

Iqbal Hadi Zaidi/ Kuwait