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　　Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Voting was underway on Sunday for the NA-120 by-election seat in Lahore that fell vacant after Pakistans former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted following the Panama Papers verdict.This Lahore constituency elected Nawaz Sharif thrice since 1990.

　　A total of 44 candidates are in the fray for the National Assembly seat from Lahore.For the first time in Pakistan, Biometric Voter Verification Machines are being tested. His wife Kulsoom Nawaz is contesting the seat for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The Pakistan Army personnel supervised the polling process.Long queues were seen outside the polling stations, DawnNews reported. More than 100 of these machines have been installed at 39 polling stations.

　　After her husbands incarceration following the military coup by General Pervez Musharraf sequin embroidery machines Manufacturers in 1999, Kulsoom had led the party though she never contested elections