By Xinhua,
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.