ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Khurram Sher Zaman was barred from casting his vote in the Senate elections.
Zaman arrived at the Sindh Assembly to cast his vote for the Senate elections but was stopped from voting after he was found violating the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) code of conduct and was carrying a mobile phone in the assembly.
ECP has said as the per code of conduct issued for political parties, contesting candidates, election agents and voters for Senate polls 2021, they all should abide by all directions and instructions relating to smooth conduct of elections.
According to an official of ECP, the commission hoped that all the stakeholders in the election process will not indulge in any kind of illegal practices as defined in chapter-X of the Elections Act 2017.
He said as per code of conduct, while entering the polling station, each voter will ensure that he or she does not possess a mobile phone or other such electronic device or gadget which can be used to take photographs of the marked ballot paper.
