LAHORE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday expressed hiswell wishes for the forthcoming elections in Pakistan and the Sharif family.

The Turkish president expressed his well wishes in a letter written toPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif.

Erdogan, in his letter, said that the friendly ties between the twocountries were further strengthened because of Shehbaz’s cooperation.

The people of Pakistan will be voting in General Election 2018, scheduledfor July 25, for which electioneering by political parties has been in fullswing.

Political leaders have been holding rallies in different parts of thecountry to woo the voters.

However, the Sharif family remains divided in the run-up to the elections,with former premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz in prison,after they were convicted in the Avenfield properties reference filed bythe National Accountability Bureau (NAB).