Pakistani lawmakers began voting Saturday in a presidential election to elect 14th president of the country. Chief Election Commissioner and Returning Officer Justice(R) Qazi Muhammad Farooq has briefed the members of Senate and National Assembly about the voting procedure before the start of the polling. The named are being called according to alphabetical order for voting. Three candidates Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari, Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui of Pakistan Muslim League-N and secretary general of Pakistan Muslim League-Q Mushahid Hussain Syed are contesting the election. Members of Senate, National and provincial assemblies are casting their votes. Polling station for Senate and National has been set up in Islamabad. Other five polling stations have been established in Lahore, Peshawar, Karachi and Quetta where chief justices of High Courts are presiding officers. Four hundred and forty-two members Senate and National Assembly are casting their votes. Presidential Electoral College comprised of Senate's 100 members, National Assembly 342, Punjab Assembly 371, Sindh Assembly 168, Frontier Assembly 124 and 65 members of Balochistan Assembly. There are 65, 65 vote count for four provincial assemblies therefore total 702 votes would be counted. Polling has begun at 1010 am which would continued till 3:00 pm without break. The result would be announced by returning officer chief election commissioner in the evening today after which a notification would be issued. Elected president would take the oath today.