Is e-voting currently used in any elections with EMB participation?

ECP, Elections Act 2017 (as modified up to 5th August 2023); accessed 6 February 2023 

94. Voting by Overseas Pakistanis.—(1) The Commission may conduct pilot projects for voting by Overseas Pakistanis in bye-elections to ascertain the technical efficacy, secrecy, security and financial feasibility of such voting and shall share the results with the Government, which shall, within fifteen days from the commencement of a session of a House after the receipt of the report, lay the same before both Houses of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).

(2) In this section, “Overseas Pakistani” means a citizen of Pakistan under the Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951 (II of 1951) or holder of National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis under the National Database and Registration Authority ordinance, 2000 (VIII of 2000) who is working or residing abroad permanently or temporarily for not less than six months.

Article 94 of the Elections Act provides for the possibility of pilot projects for overseas voting. In 2018 by-elections, pilot internet voting was conducted from abroad. However, overseas voting is not being implemented during the 2024 General Elections. On May 26, 2022, Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a bill to eliminate the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and, in turn, voting of Pakistanis from abroad.