Voter registration for stranded Pakistanis begins today


FE Team | Published: August 20, 2008 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00


The voter registration process for the stranded Pakistanis will begin today (Wednesday) from different camps in the capital and gradually across the country, pulling up these people from wilderness into the citizenry after over three decades, reports UNB.

Information collection for registering the Urdu-speaking people will take place from August 20 to 22 in the city and their photographs will be taken on August 25, sources at the Election Commission Secretariat said.

There are a total of 116 camps across the country housing the stranded Pakistanis since they had opted for going to Pakistan after Bangladesh's independence from Pakistani rule in 1971.

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