[DAWN] Following the disclosure that fingerprints of over 29,000 voters in a constituency were missing from Nadra’s database, the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) has sought details of the electorate across the country whose fingerprints and photographs are not available with the National Database and Registration Authority.In a letter written to the Nadra chairman, the ECP has drawn the attention of the authority to the fact that the commission had asked Nadra to provide biometrics of all voters of NA-120 for the purpose of pilot testing of biometric verification machines in the constituency.
The letter says Nadra provided the requisite data of majority of voters of the constituency and informed the ECP that biometrics of 29,607 voters were not available with the authority as fingerprints of 27,121 voters were not available for the reason that they had been issued CNICs prior to induction of biometric machines into Nadra and 2,271 voters were NICOP holders and their biometrics were not available.
It points out that one of the candidates in the constituency, Dr Yasmin Rashid, moved the Lahore High Court, raising objections to the credibility of electoral rolls on the ground of non-availability of the biometrics of 29,607 voters.