The video of this voter has gone viral on social media.
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 25th July, 2018) A voter wearing a lion T-shirt was sent back from the polling station on Wednesday.
The video of this voter has gone viral on social media.
According to media reports, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) voter came to Government College, Railway Road polling station of Lahore’s NA-124 area to cast his vote wearing a T-shirt having a picture of a lion. The voter was however sent back from the polling station by the army personnel deployed at the polling station.
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Moreover, voters wearing stickers of lion are allowed to go into the polling station after removing it.
PMLN’s Hamza Shehbaz will face Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Muhammad Nauman Qaiser in NA-124.
Polling across the country is being held today for general elections 2018. Polling began at 8am in the morning and will conclude at 6pm in the evening.
The nation will elect 270 members of the National Assembly and 570 members of all the four provincial assemblies for the next five-year term today.
Around 105.95 million eligible voters – 59.22 million male and 46.73 million female – will exercise their right to vote to mark another democratic transition from one elected government to another.
About 1,1673 candidates are vying for 270 national and 570 provincial assemblies seats.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has established 83,307 polling stations across the country, of which 17,000 have been declared sensitive. Some 23,424 polling stations are for males and 21,707 for females, besides 40,133 combined polling stations and 43 improvised polling stations have been set up.
