ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General of Pakistan Irfan Qadir told the Supreme Court on Friday that overseas Pakistanis cannot be given the right to vote as legislation is required for this purpose.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry with Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed is hearing the case pertaining to the voting right of overseas Pakistanis.
The apex court was informed that seven countries including Australia‚ Bahrain and Canada are willing to facilitate the overseas Pakistans in this regard.
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