Preparations are underway for the holding of Pakistan's presidential election scheduled on Sept.6, according to local media Tuesday.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed the printing of ballot papers, Pakistan's state television reported.
The polling will continue from 10 a.m. till 03:00 P.M. local time without any break at a joint session of National Assembly and Senate in Islamabad and the four provincial assemblies.
A Pakistani official said on Tuesday that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will have a sweeping election victory in the presidential election.
Pakistan's Information Minister Sherry Rahman told media that three provincial assemblies in the country have passed resolutions giving full support to Zardari and, therefore, there was no hurdle in his sweeping victory in the presidential election.
Zardari, widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, will compete with former chief justice Saeed-uz-zaman Siddiqui and Senator Mushahid Hussain in the election.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominated Siddiqui as candidate after PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif quit the coalition and sat on opposition bench last Monday due to row with the PPP on judiciary issue.
The former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) nominated Senator Mushahid Hussain as its presidential candidate.
The Presidential election is scheduled on Sept. 6 after former President Pervez Musharraf resigned on Aug. 18 under the impeachment pressure.
Source:Xinhua
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