ECP vows to close gender gap in voter rolls by next elections

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has pledged to eliminate the gender gap among voters by the next general elections.

In a message on the occasion of Working Women’s Day, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja said the chasm between male and female voters was as high as 11.8 percentage points in 2018 elections, which has now dropped to 7.5 pps, which he said was a significant achievement in five years.

As many as 25.53m individuals have been added to the electoral rolls since September 2018...