Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976 — section 4

4. (1) Each Provincial Bar Council shall publish 28[…] Rolls of Advocates 29[of group of districts as per the schedule under Section 5(2)(b) of the Act] district-wise on the 29a{15th day of September} of the year in which the elections of a Bar Council are to be held, which will constitute as Voters Lists for the elections to the Provincial Bar Council. 29a{(1A) Where a Bar Council has carried out the process of digitation of its voters by any means, including through Q-Sahoolat, to the satisfaction of the Returning Officer, the elections may be conducted on the basis of such digitized voter list: Provided that the digitized voter list may be updated till the announcement of election schedule. (1B) Where a Bar Council has not prepared a digitized voter list, the elections shall be conducted on the basis of the roll of advocates maintained by the relevant Bar Council.}

(2)The Returning Officer of a Provincial Bar Council, after ascertaining the number of Advocates practicing generally in a district and entered on the Roll [of group of districts] from the district on the 29a{15th day of September}, as published under sub-rule 4(1), shall notify:

(a)the number of Members to be elected from each district under clauses (a) & (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 5; and

(b)the names of the districts which shall for the purpose of election, be joined with one or more adjoining districts under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 5. 30[(3) Likewise the Islamabad Bar Council shall also publish a roll of its Advocates on the 29a{15th day of September} of the year in which the election of the said Bar Council are to be held which will constitute as voters list for the election of the said Bar Council].