It’s polling day across Pakistan. People are turning up at polling stations to cast their votes, and celebrities are right in there too.
Many Pakistani stars, including Hamza Ali Abbasi, Ayeza Khan, Khalid Anam, Hina Bayat, Kashif Mehmood, Afzal Khan, Sahiba, Osman Khalid Butt, Mahira Khan, Nadia Hussain, Naveen Waqar have already voted. Hina Bayat gave a special message, asking everyone to vote quickly.
Below, you’ll see some pictures and videos of them taking part in the elections.
Pakistan-origin British MP Afzal Khan who recently won in the general elections honoured his Pakistani roots by taking his oath in Urdu.
Taking to Twitter, Afzal expressed his feelings on his win and shared the video of his oath-taking.
“Thrilled to be back in Parliament as an MP for Manchester. I am proud to represent a city where over 200 languages are spoken,” Afzal wrote.
At least 15 British citizens of Pakistani origin won seats in the United Kingdom’s (UK) General Elections.
According to the results, most British-Pakistanis won their electoral contests from the Labour Party followed by the Conservative Party. UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson belongs to the Conservative Party.
More than 70 candidates of Pakistani origin had been given tickets by Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrats parties for the first time, whereas, many contested the UK general election as independent candidates.