Pakistan

Population Statistics

199,085,847

Total Population

29,862,877

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

05 July 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1973, last amended 2012)

Updated: June 2015

Article 51, section 2 states:

A person shall be entitled to vote if: (a) he is a citizen of Pakistan;

(b) he is not less than eighteen years of age;

(c) his name appears on the electoral roll; and

(d) he is not declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind.

 

Article 106, section 2 states:

A person shall be entitled to vote if:

(a) he is a citizen of Pakistan;

(b) he is not less than eighteen years of age;

(c) his name appears on the electoral roll for any area in the Province; and

(d) he is not declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1973, last amended 2012)