Global Initiative to Enfranchise People with Disabilities: Pakistan

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Pakistan

General Right to Vote
Constitution:
• See section 51

Exclusion Based on Mental Disability
Constitution:
• Section 51, subsection (2) states: "A person shall be entitled to vote if…(d) he is not declared by a competent court to be of unsound mind."
• Section 63, subsection (1) states: "A person shall be disqualified from being elected or chosen as, and from being a member of the Majilis-e-Shoora (Parliament) if (a) he is of unsound mind and has been so declared by a competent court..."