Today the general elections are going on in Pakistan, for which voting is going on from the morning. According to Pakistani time, voting will be held from 8 AM to 6 PM. About 100 political parties are in the electoral college for 272 seats in the general elections and the main fight is between the party of Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan and Bilawal Bhutto.
These are the updates:
Shahbaz Sharif, the brother of Pakistan Muslim Lean (N) and Nawaz Sharif's brother in Lahore, voted.
At this time, while former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is in jail in connection with corruption, his daughter and son-in-law are locked up in jail, main Pakistan's Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the leader of the main fight, Sharif, and the leader of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek -A-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), along with many smaller parties are also trying their luck in the elections.
Will Imran will become PM?
According to Imran's opponents, his party has the support of the army and intelligence organization 'Inter-Services Intelligence' (ISI), due to which it is said that he has a slight edge against his opponents. Khan claims that he will make the 'new Pakistan' by defeating the traditional political parties of the country so far.
Everyone claims to win
Imran Khan, who took an aggressive stance on his rallies, said in large rallies on Monday night that the claim to develop Sharif is only in "advertising." He appealed to people to change the fate of Pakistan. PML-N president and Sharif's younger brother Shahbaz Sharif insisted on Monday that his party would win.
According to an Election Commission official, 5,878 in Sindh, 5,487 in Punjab and Islamabad, 3,874 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federal tribal federation (FATA) and 1,768 polling stations in Balochistan have been declared highly vigilant. Chief Election Commissioner (retired) Sardar Raza Khan has appealed to the public to vote in a special message. They promised free and fair voting.
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