ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other political leaders cast their votes during the presidential election in the National Assembly held on Saturday.

Voting for country’s head of state was held simultaneously in the national and provincial assemblies besides the Senate.

Premier Shehbaz Sharif, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Abdul Aleem Khan, Ishaq Dar and other leaders cast their vote in the National Assembly.

Senator Faisal Javed, opposition leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub, Senator Irfan Siddiqui, Asad Qaiser, Akhtar Mengal, Mahmood Khan Achakzai also exercised their right to vote in presidential election.

The first vote for the presidential election was cast by Amer Talal and Abdul Aleem Khan cast the second vote. Two polling booths and two counters have been set up in the National Assembly for the voting process.