Karachi new voters list amplifies from 6.8m to 7.1m

ECP conducted the verification exercise after PTI, PPP and JI raised reservations.

KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan approved the list of registered voters in Karachi which has gone up from approximately 6.8 million to around 7.1 million after the fresh door-to-door verification, Express News reported on Tuesday.

The list was sent for printing today in order to be made available by May 11, the general election day.

A fresh electoral verification exercise was conducted after The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) had moved the court on December 5 seeking verification of voter lists in Karachi.

They alleged that approximately 50% of the voters in Karachi had their vote shifted to other parts of the country to their permanent addresses; and, in their place, names of unverified voters had been inserted.

The Supreme Court on February 13 reiterated the Sindh election commissioner to conduct door-to-door verification under the assistance of army and FC.

The ECP had completed the exercise by March 6 but the result was not made public.