Staff Reporter
With the approval of the Voter Roll Rules-2008 yesterday the voter listing rules have got legal cover from the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs as part of the preparation for the next general elections.
“Gazette of the rules will be notified within a day or two,” said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) M Sakhawat Hussain while talking to journalists after emerging from a meeting with Adviser for Law Hassan Ariff on the rules.
The Commissioner, however, said it had not been legal to publish the draft voter lists until the rules were finalised. [Read more]