Pakistan Elections: Nawaz Sharif casts vote at polling station in Lahore
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan-based ARY News reported.
Polling operations at various stations throughout the country have encountered significant delays owing to a range of technical and logistical impediments, hindering the commencement of the electoral process, pakistan based Samaa reported.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif is the joint opposition candidate for the top post. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi was also in the fray for the prime ministerial post with his nomination papers approved on Sunday.
Rival parties in Pakistan have alleged that the July 25 vote was rigged by as Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf won 116 out of the total 272 seats.
Khan's PTI emerged as the single largest party in the country's National Assembly after the July 25 election. However, it is short of numbers to form its government independently.
He also termed Modi's telephone call to Khan on his victory in the 2018 polls a welcoming sign to begin a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
On Saturday, PTI spokesman Naeemul Haque told reporters that the party chief will take oath as the prime minister before August 14.
Khan, who is set to become the next Prime Minister, said in a televised address to the nation that "thanks to God, we won and we were successful".
A single party will need to bag at least 137 of the directly elected seats to be able to form the government on its own and reports say PTI may bag 119
The results were expected by this morning, but the CEC only announced what he called was the “first non-official, preliminary result”.
