ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate fromMuzaffargarh Haroon Sultan Bukhari has termed it ‘haram’ (forbidden byIslam) to cast vote for women.

Haroon is contesting elections from the National Assembly constituencyNA-184 against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI’s) female candidate ZehraBasit Sultan Bukhari, who is also reportedly his sister-in-law.

Haroon made this contentious claim while addressing a public meeting in hisconstituency.

The PML-N candidate said he is bound to the directions of religion, addinghe would abstain from casting vote to a woman as it is considered ‘haram’in Islam.

Haroon has served as provincial minister for social welfare & Bait-ul-Mallin the previous tenure of the PML-N government.