Islamabad: Pakistan's presidential election is underway Saturday with polling expected to continue from 10 a.m. To 3.00 p.m. Three candidates are contesting the election: Asif Ali Zardari, widower of the assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party and Mushahid Hussain, former chief justice and candidate for Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) party.
The voting will be held through a secret ballot. The candidate getting a simple majority would be the country s next president. Members of the senate or the upper house of Pakistan s parliament, members of the national assembly or the lower house and those of four provincial assemblies will cast their votes in the presidential election.
