LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif cast his vote at Government Junior Model High School Model Town, Lahore, in NA-128. In this constituency, PML-N had made seat adjustment with IPP leader Aleem Khan and did not field an N-League candidate.
Nawaz Sharif talking to a media person after casting his vote urged people to leave their homes. He vowed PML-N will combat the culture of “abuse” and indecency, adding that the party will also combat inflation and work for the people.
Nawaz Sharif categorically said: “Don’t mention the name of the coalition government. One party should get a full mandate.”
“There is no doubt in Maryam’s struggle,” Nawaz Sharif commented on the political struggle of the PMLN Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz Sharif.
“We are seeing this day today by making sacrifices,” Nawaz Sharif highlighted his political struggle during his self-exile period in London.
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif has urged people to get out and exercise their right to vote, specifically for his party.
Meanwhile,
he Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf have lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of Pakistan against mobile and internet services disruptions across the country on the polling day.
Political leaders and voters were shocked to see that the mobile phone and internet facilities had been suspended before the start of the polling.
Earlier in the morning, the Ministry of Interior suspended cellular services “temporarily” across Pakistan as part of security measures as the nation votes today in the general elections.
An interior ministry’s spokesperson said that precious lives were lost in recent incidents of terrorism in the country in the run-up to the general elections.
However, several political parties including PPP and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) raised questions over the suspension of mobile phone services, saying that it was the “worst situation ever”.
“We, the Pakistan Peoples Party are concerned about the recent unannounced disruptions of internet and mobile network connectivity across Pakistan which is severely impacting the General Elections,” PPP’s election cell in-charge Taj Haider wrote in a letter addressed to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja.
Due to this countrywide disruption, voters are unable to access information related to their polling station or coordinate logistics to access the polling stations, he added.
The discontinuation of network services has created problems for voters, candidates, and electoral staff.
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