ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Justice (r) Nasir-ul-Mulk exercised his franchise at a polling booth in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.
After casting his vote at NA-3, Swat, in his hometown Mingora, PM Mulk returned to Islamabad.
Meanwhile, Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his wife cast their votes at a polling booth in Rawalpindi, said Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor.
He posted a video of General Bajwa and his wife casting their votes and getting their thumbs inked in his Twitter handle.
“COAS & his Mrs cast vote at Rwp. We are target of inimical forces working against Pak. We’ve come a long way in our comprehensive national effort to fail them. We are united & steadfast to defeat them, and ‘TODAY’ through our ‘VOTES’. Please come out & vote undeterred”, COAS.”
Polling started at 8 am today and, as of now, will conclude at 6 pm.
As many as 12,570 candidates are contesting for 272 national and 577 provincial assembly seats.
