JEDDAH, 23 April — All eligible Pakistani nationals living in Saudi Arabia can cast their vote either through postal ballot or polling stations set up by the Embassy of Pakistan, Riyadh and the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jeddah on April 30.
Announcing this in a press release, the consulate said that the embassy would establish three polling stations and the consulate four other stations.
The locations in Riyadh are the embassy premises at Diplomatic Quarters and Pakistan International School, Nasaryiah, and at Saudi Arabian International School (Pakistan Section) in Al-Khobar. The locations under the consulate are at Pakistan International School (PIS), Main branch, Aziziah, Jeddah; PIS, Taif; Pakistan House, Makkah; and Pakistan House, Madinah.
The polling will commence at 9:00 a.m. and continue till 7:00 p.m. on the day. The ballot paper will be issued to each voter on production of original national identity card (NIC) or valid passport.
In the mean time, the postal ballot, marking procedure and special envelopes are being issued to all those applicants, who have applied to the embassy or consulate on the prescribed form till April 22. These marked postal ballots and a copy of NIC, as per the procedure, should be returned to the embassy or consulate by April 29.
