Voting was under way in Punjab Assembly for an empty Senate seat on Tuesday with lawmakers exercising their right during the session boycotted by Opposition’s PTI, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The polling in Senate by-election was started at 9 am and will continue until 4 pm.
The seat fell vacant after PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry was disqualified following his conviction in May 9 riots case by a court of law.
Earlier, Election Commission staff has reached the Punjab Assembly and Election Commissioner Punjab Sharifullah was supervising the voting process for the general seat.
The Punjab Assembly House has been given the status of a polling station.
Rana Sanaullah is the candidate from the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and the government coalition parties.
Salma Ijaz, wife of Ijaz Chaudhry, has submitted her nomination papers from the opposition. However, the opposition has announced a boycott of the election process.
The opposition will not be a part of the voting in today's election.
About 180 votes are required to win the Senate election.
The current total number of members in the Punjab Assembly is 363, while eight seats are vacant. Six opposition members were disqualified, while one member has not yet taken the oath, and the matter of one seat is in court.
Reporter: Hassan Ali