Pakistan Supreme Court upholds secret balloting in Senate polls

The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ruled that elections to the country’s upper house of parliament, due this week, must be held under a secret ballot, effectively nullifying a government move to require they be held through open ballot. The top court’s verdict, announced in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday, said the country’s constitution was clear that a secret ballot was required for all elections, and the election commission was empowered to take steps to ensure there was no corruption in the process.
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