ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa and his wife cast their votes in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, the military’s media wing reported.
“We are target of inimical forces working against Pak. We’ve come a long way in our comprehensive national effort to fail them,” Bajwa tweeted.
“We are united and steadfast to defeat them, and ‘TODAY’ through our ‘VOTES’. Please come out and vote undeterred.”
Thank you fellow Pakistanis. World has seen your love & respect for Pak Armed Forces & LEAs today. U hv rejected all kinds of malicious propaganda. We are strong because we have your unflinching support. Our lives are dedicated to Pakistan and its People.
Pakistan wins again! pic.twitter.com/MGbujoGjZk— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) July 25, 2018
Pakistan opened voting on Wednesday to choose a new Parliament and prime minister. More than 85,000 polling stations have been set up for 105.96 million registered voters.
In the National Assembly, 272 seats are being contested by 3,459 candidates, and 8,396 candidates are running for 577 seats in the four provincial assemblies, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
