Sub-Committee of the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms met on Tuesday to finalise its recommendations on Electoral Reforms for general elections 2018. Sources said that the sub-committee chaired by Zahid Hamid took up the proposal of Dr Arif Alvi for registration of NICOP holders for the purpose of overseas Pakistanis voting. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) briefed the committee over the progress of procurement of Biometric Voter Identification (BVI) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
The technical evaluation of BVI and physical inspection of the performance of EVMs would be discussed in the upcoming meeting of the committee, scheduled to be held next week. The committee reviewed the recommendations sent by the political parties with respect to the procedure adopted in the Senate elections. Political parties showing distrust in the Senate elections recommended a number of amendments.
The committee also considered the observations of the ECP on draft Unified Election Act, 2016. The draft of the Unified Election Act and the Unified Election Rules are in the final stage of preparation in consultation with the members of different political parties.