Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ibrahim on Wednesday visited Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office.
The CEC congratulated Nawaz Sharif on his assumption of the office.
Nawaz congratulated Ibrahim for holding free, fair and transparent elections in the country.
The PM said that his government believed in strengthening and sustaining democratic institutions. He said that the way polls were conducted under Ibrahim had set a healthy precedent. Nawaz said the higher voter turnout and the arrangements made by the Election Commission of Pakistan for the smooth conduct of elections have raised the image and prestige of Pakistan at home and abroad.