Election Commission of Pakistan announces delimitation and women voter registration plans

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released schedules for the delimitation of the Quetta and Kharian cantonment boards. This follows a federal government reclassification of the Quetta Cantonment Board to Class-I and the Kharian cantonment to Class-II. The delimitation process is scheduled to run from November 2024 through January 2027, with preliminary ward lists expected to be published in late November 2024.

In a separate initiative, the ECP is launching a pilot project to register approximately 175,000 women voters to reduce the gender gap in electoral rolls. The project will take place in the Kasur district of Punjab and the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh from December 2026 to February 2027. The commission plans to use door-to-door outreach and mobile registration vans in coordination with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to assist women in obtaining identity cards and voter registration.