Chowrangi

The polling for the next president of Pakistan is underway and the process of secret balloting is underway.

The chief election commissioner, in his capacity as the returning officer, has nominated Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain, Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Justice Jehan Zaib Rahim, acting Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, and Justice Amanullah Khan, Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court, as presiding officers for the provincial assemblies of the Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan respectively.

The process of counting the ballots is as follows:

(1) The Chief Election Commissioner shall determine the result of the election in the following manner, namely:

(a) the number of votes cast in the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in favour of each candidate shall be counted;

(b) the number of votes cast in a Provincial Assembly in favour of each candidate shall be multiplied by the total number of seats in the Provincial Assembly for the time being having the smallest number of seats and divided by the total number of seats in the Provincial Assembly in which the votes have been cast;

(c) the number of votes calculated in the manner referred to in clause (b) shall be added to the number of votes counted under clause (a). Explanation: In this paragraph, “total number of seats” includes seats reserved for non-Muslims and Women.

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