(Identity Card issued by the concerned Assistant Election Commissioner is not mandatory/compulsory at the time of casting votes)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT INDIRECT ELECTIONS-2005 (3rd PHASE)
Identity Card issued by the concerned Assistant Election Commissioner is not mandatory/compulsory at the time of casting votes
—KANWAR MUHAMMAD DILSHAD
SECRETARY ELECTION COMMISSION
Islamabad, the 5th October, 2005.- Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad, Federal Secretary, Election Commission of Pakistan said that Rule 30(1) of the Local Government Elections Rules of the Provinces, which provides that where a voter presents himself at the polling station to vote, he shall show his national identity card to the Presiding Officer, who shall, after satisfying himself about the identity of the voter, issue him ballot papers.
2. The Federal Secretary, Election Commission further said that the Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner has been pleased to allow the voters to cast their votes on production of either Computerized NIC or old NIC and has directed that the Presiding Officers shall entertain only original National Identity Cards whether new or old and no photocopy of the Identity Cards shall be accepted at the time of casting of vote by the voters.
3. The Federal Secretary explained that the Hon’ble Chief Election Commissioner has further been pleased to direct that possession of the Identity Card issued by the concerned Assistant Election Commissioner is not mandatory/compulsory at the time of casting votes for elections to the seats of Zila Nazims as well as Tehsil/Town Nazims and the reserved seats for Women, Peasants/Workers and Minority Communities in Zila Councils and Tehsil/Town Councils.