Nawaz fails to cast vote for not having CNIC

LAHORE: Former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif failed to cast his vote because did not have his computerised national identity card (CNIC).

Nawaz arrived at a polling station set up at Government Technology College in National Assembly constituency NA-124 Lahore, from where former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was contesting the by-election.

The PML-N supremo, accompanied by Abbasi, checked his name in the voters' list at the polling booth. The polling agent urged Nawaz to poll his vote, at which his CNIC was also demanded.

Nawaz inquired from his personal staff officer (PSO) regarding his CNIC. The PSO informed the former premier that the CNIC was with his personal secretary, who was not present there.

Though the PML-N leader could not cast his ballot, his nephews, who also accompanied him, cast their votes after showing their CNICs.