Clarifying the news item regarding presence of three million deceased persons’ name in the electoral rolls, the ECP said that it was utmost responsibility of family members to remove the name of deceased person from voters’ lists by submitting the death certificate with the concerned union council or municipal committee.
It said that besides family members, it was also the responsibility of concerned union council and municipal committee to submit all birth and death record with NADRA registration center besides submitting voters’ record of deceased persons with the district election commissioner.
It said that the commission immediately deletes the name of any deceased persons on receiving death reports from the union council, NADRA or family members.
It said that the commission has started the scrutiny process of voters’ lists and appealed the general public to share information in this regard with the concerned offices to delete the names of deceased people from voters’ lists.