PML-N challenges vote reform ordinance in IHC
PML-N leader wants EVMs, voting rights for overseas Pakistanis declared unconstitutional, illegal
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ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) challenged on Thursday the presidential ordinance authorising and binding the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to procure Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and enabling overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right to vote.
The ordinance, promulgated in May, was challenged by PML-N’s Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), praying the court to declare the changes to the country's electoral law as unconstitutional, illegal and null and void.
The petitioner further prayed that according to media reports, the government issued a one-page ordinance on May 9 without taking public representatives into confidence over this important legislation.