PTI founder, Sheikh Rashid cast votes in Adiala Jail
Pakistan
Bushra Bibi and Chaudhry Parvez Elahi could not cast their votes
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid, who are incarcerated in Adiala Jail, on Wednesday cast their votes vial postal ballot.
However, former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Bushra Bibi, the wife of the former prime minister, could not cast their votes.
Sources said 20 inmates of the Adiala Jail cast their votes as polling for general elections will be held on February 8 across Pakistan.
A total of 5121 candidates are in the race for the National Assembly seats. These include 4807 male, 312 female and two transgender.
For the four provincial assemblies, 12695 candidates are in the field including 12123 male, 570 women and two transgender.
There are a total of 128,585,760 registered voters in the country.
Punjab has the most number of 73, 207,896 registered voters followed by Sindh with 26,994,769, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 21,928,119, Balochistan with 5,371,947 and Federal Capital Islamabad 1,083,029.
