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All set for
Presidential poll on Saturday
By Saad Saud
ISLAMABAD—Polls for the Presidential election would be held tomorrow
(Saturday) in the Parliament House and all the four provincial
assemblies according to the schedule announced by Election Commission of
Pakistan.
President General Pervez Musharraf, President Pakistan Peoples party
(PPP) Makhdoom Amin Faheem and Justice (Retd) Wajihuddin, nominated by
the lawyers’ community would contest the battle for the country’s top
slot.
Parliamentarians would cast their votes in transparent ballot boxes and
polling would start at 10:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m. without any break or
interval. Notification of the new President would be issued by the
evening of the polling day.
Names of the contested candidates are written in alphabetical order on
the ballot papers. Ballot papers, ballot boxes and other related items
would be handed over to the presiding officers in Punjab, Sindh, NWFP
and Balochistan Assemblies today (Friday). |