The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday took notice of the statements made by the PML-N candidate from Muzaffargarh who had declared it 'haram' to vote for women.

The candidate, Syed Haroon Ahmed Sultan Bukhari, is contesting from PP-275 Muzaffargarh and had allegedly made the misogynistic remarks while campaigning in the district.

ECP's Nighat Siddique, who is the ADG Gender Affairs, has sent a letter to the District Monitoring Officer (DMO) Qaiser Saleem, instructing him to issue a show cause notice to Bukhari.

According to the letter's contents, the statement is "a clear violation of Elections Act 2017, and Code of Conduct for political parties and candidates and the Election Commission has taken a serious note of this violation".

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