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Namesakes of Sharif brothers cast their votes in Pak election

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Press Trust of India Islamabad

Two brothers -- namesakes of former premier Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif -- cast their votes, as Pakistan went to polls today, local media reported.

Brothers Nawaz and Shehbaz exercised their voting right in Rajanpur 2 assembly constituency of Punjab Province, Geo News reported.

The brother duo said their father, Muhammad Sharif, named them after the PML-N leaders owing to his "love for the party".

Former prime minister Sharif, the supremo of the PML-N, is in jail since nearly a fortnight after his conviction in a corruption case. His younger brother Shahbaz replaced him as the PML-N president after the elder Sharif was disqualified by a court.

 

Shahbaz headed the PML-N government in Punjab province from 2013 to 2018.

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First Published: Jul 25 2018 | 10:50 PM IST

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