Female residents in 20 districts do not own CNICs, ECP told
National
April 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was Thursday informed that as per a recent survey, a good number of females in 20 districts did not possess CNICs, being one of the major reasons for the gender gap in the electoral rolls.
A meeting of the ECP, regarding the strategic plan to mitigate the Gender Gap in Electoral Rolls (GGER), was held here at the ECP Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Sikandar Sultan Raja.
During the meeting, a briefing was given by the Additional Director General – Gender Affairs (ECP), Ms. Nighat Siddique, highlighting that the gender gap in the electoral rolls had further gone down to 10.4 % as evident from the electoral rolls published in March 2021.
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ISLAMABAD:
A pilot project of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has revealed the gender gap in the electoral rolls published in March 2021, had further gone down to 10.4%, mainly because many women did not possess their computerised national identity cards (CNICs).
The ECP, in this regard, discussed a strategic plan to mitigate the gender gap in electoral rolls in a meeting at the ECP Secretariat on Thursday, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja, said an ECP statement.
The pilot project was carried out in the recent past by the ECP in 20 districts to verify the gender gap in the electoral rolls and to identify reasons. During the meeting, the findings of the pilot project were shared by Nighat Siddique, the ECP Additional Director General, Gender Affairs.