In Pictures: Avoiding all hindrances, women voters set to vote for Pakistan

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In Pictures: Avoiding all hindrances, women voters set to vote for Pakistan

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(WebDesk) - (WebDesk) - Voting for cutting-edge Pakistan general elections 2018 is under way. Masses in general are enthusiastic and charged. A huge voter turnout is being predicted in comparison with the general elections in past.

All political parties are encouraging their voters and supporters to maintain the sanctity for the votes.

The political camps are thronged with the party supporters and voters however the pleasant change that is visible as a sanguine omen in strengthening democratic roots in Pakistan is the enormous participation of female voters in large numbers.

Millions of female voters are heading towards polling stations to cast their votes as Pakistan goes for its 11th general elections, paving the way for the second democratic transition.

Amid Election Commission of Pakistan’s hope that country may mark maximum turnout in what appears to be tightly-contested elections, some history-making events are also taking place in the conservative areas where women are usually not allowed to take part in an activity outside their homes.

Pakistan Peoples Party stalwart and the leader of opposition in Senate, Senator Sheery Rehman has the credit to pave the way for hallmark legislation. According to the law, ten percent polling of women is mandatory for all constituencies.

— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) July 24, 2018

ISLAMABAD

ISLAMABAD: People standing in queue to cast their vote at a polling station during General Elections 2018.

ISLAMABAD: A lady police commando checking the ID of a voter outside a polling station during General Elections 2018.

ISLAMABAD: Polling staff check the name of voter in a list at a polling station during General Elections 2018.

ISLAMABAD: Polling staff check the name of voter in a list at a polling station during General Elections 2018. Around 105 million registered voters will have to choose from 11,000 candidates to elect 272 members of the Parliament for the next term. 

ISLAMABAD: Jul 25 – A polling officer marks the thumb of a voter with indelible ink at a polling station during General Elections 2018. Around 105 million registered voters will have to choose from 11,000 candidates to elect 272 members of the Parliament for the next term.

ISLAMABAD: A woman cast her ballot at a polling station during General Elections 2018.

HYDERABAD

HYDERABAD: Women showing their CNICs while stand in queue at a polling station to cast their ballot during General Elections 2018.

HYDERABAD: A woman mark her thumb for receive her ballot paper at a polling station during General Elections 2018

HYDERABAD: A woman cast her ballot at a polling station during General Elections 2018

HYDERABAD:  A woman cast her ballot at a polling station during General Elections 2018.

HYDERABAD: Women show their thumbs after cast their ballot outside a polling station during General Elections 2018.

RAWALPINDI

RAWALPINDI: People stand in queue outside a polling station during General Elections 2018.

RAWALPINDI: A woman cast her ballot at a polling station during General Elections 2018.

LAHORE

LAHORE: A woman showing her inked thumb after cast her ballot outside a polling station during General Elections 2018.

PMLN Supremo aged mother has also casted vote. 

Photo credits: Online