KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has granted overseas Pakistanis the right to vote in the general elections.

The decision of the ECP will give voting rights to 3.7 million overseas Pakistanis.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday greeted the overseas Pakistanis for the permission to participate in the electoral process.

The President and the Prime Minister, in separate messages,expressed the hope that it would provide them an opportunity to play a positive role in an effective manner.

They hoped that the ECP would work out the modalities to facilitate the overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right to vote and help determine the future of country.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2012