Egyptians are voting in a two-day run-off election to choose their first freely elected president, BBC News reported.


Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, is up against Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak.


The ruling military council has promised to hand over power by 1 July.


But correspondents say many Egyptians who took part in the revolution find the choice uninspiring and some are calling for a boycott.


The build-up to the election has been marred by a Supreme Constitutional Court decision to dissolve parliament.


On Thursday, a panel of judges - appointed by Mr Mubarak - ruled that the law governing Egypt's first democratic elections in more than six decades was unconstitutional because party members were allowed to contest seats reserved for independents.


Mr Mursi's Freedom and Justice Party won about 100 of its 235 seats in the People's Assembly by running candidates for individual seats.


If parliament is dissolved swiftly by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (Scaf), whoever wins this weekend's presidential run-off could take office without the oversight of a sitting parliament, and without a permanent constitution to define his powers or duties.


A 100-member assembly appointed by parliament earlier this week to draft the new constitution may also be dissolved.
Islamist, liberals and scholars denounced the ruling as a "coup", saying they feared the ruling generals would take back legislative power.


"This series of measures shows that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the head of the counter-revolution, is adamant to bring back the old regime and the presidential elections are merely a show," six parties and movements said in a joint statement that also urged Mr Mursi to boycott the run-off.