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President issues ordinance approving overseas voting

Dawn.com Published May 9, 2013
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari issued an ordinance on Thursday granting the right to vote to overseas Pakistanis, DawnNews reported.

The ordinanace came into immediate affect after President Zardari signed the Election Laws (Amendment) Ordninance-2013 on Thursday over the advice of the caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso.

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