Namesake Sharif brothers cast vote

ANI  |  Rajanpur [Pakistan] 

Two brothers, who share the names of former and Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shehbaz Sharif, cast their vote on Wednesday in the ongoing

Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif, whose father named them because of his love for the party, voted from the NA-194, Rajanpur 2 constituency, reported Geo News.

Polling in the ongoing began at 8 AM and will continue till 6 PM in the country's 85,307 polling stations, 17,007 of which have been declared as "highly sensitive".

Nearly 106 million registered voters will cast their vote to choose the new government in Pakistan.

As many as 12,570 candidates are contesting for 272 national and 577 provincial assembly seats.

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First Published: Wed, July 25 2018. 19:20 IST