The BEOE also disbursed an amount of Rs576.032 million as death/disability compensation among the families of
overseas Pakistanis during the said period.
"We here at
Overseas Pakistanis Commission are working under effective plan in order to facilitate our Pakistani expatriates and our doors are always open for them," he added.
Aneel Musarrat while lauding the performance of
Overseas Pakistanis Commission in facilitating
Overseas Pakistanis said, the remarkable work done by
Overseas Pakistanis Commission in helping their
Overseas Pakistanis is commendable.
He also lauded their role in the country's politics and called
Overseas Pakistanis as ambassadors of
Sabile-David said that historically,
overseas voter turnout had always been low during midterm elections.
Overseas voters concerned are also encouraged to check the websites and social media pages of these diplomatic posts to see if their voting packets were returned to the Embassy or Consulate General.
The Comelec is using manual voting system either through personal or postal votes andautomated election system for
overseas voting.
The commission has issued voters passes to these successful registered
overseas Pakistanis during the registration process of I-voters through their email ID.
He said the ECP would deliver stipulated time voting passport to
overseas Pakistanis to avail the opportunity of I-Voting for casting their vote in by-elections being held in 37 constituencies on October 14.
'Many congratulations to
overseas Pakistanis today,' said Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, noting that it would be the first time that expat Pakistanis will be voting in a local election through I-voting mechanism.
The ECP will submit its reply in the Supreme Court (SC) in case pertaining to allowing voting right to
overseas Pakistanis.