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    Pakistan: 31 killed, 36 injured in violence on Election Day

    Pakistan: 31 killed, 36 injured in violence on Election Day
    Written by Garima Bora
    Jul 25, 2018, 02:10 pm 2 min read
    Pakistan: 31 killed, 36 injured in violence on Election Day

    At least 31 people were killed, including 28 in a suicide-blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city, and 36 others injured as violence erupted on the day of elections in Pakistan. In Balochistan, a suicide-blast targeting a police van killed at least 28 people, including five policemen, and nearly 30 others were injured in a blast near Quetta's Eastern Bypass. Here's more.

    Election results to be announced within 24 hours

    The voting in Pakistan started at 8 am local time (Pakistan) in over 85,000 polling-stations. The counting of votes will be done on the spot soon after the conclusion of the polling process at 6 pm and the results will be announced within 24 hours.

    There is a pattern of attacks targeting security forces

    The blast took place near Quetta's Eastern Bypass when a police van was targeted in the attack. The attack was part of a larger pattern of attacks targeting security forces' vehicles and not targeting the electoral process, the Express Tribune reported. Quetta is the provincial capital of Balochistan province. The suicide bomber wanted to enter the polling station, a police spokesperson said.

    In another incident, supporters of two rival parties exchanged fire

    In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Swabi district, supporters of two rival parties exchanged fire outside a polling station, killing a worker of former cricketer Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and injuring two others, police said. The PTI worker was killed as party activists clashed with Awami National Party (ANP) workers outside a polling station for NA-19 (Swabi II) and PK-47 (Swabi V) in Nawan Kali area.

    Voting has been stopped across Larkana

    Another person was killed in firing outside a Mirpurkhas polling station in NA-219 Dighri area. In a separate incident, four people were injured in a cracker blast outside a political camp in Larkana. Voting has been halted across Larkana NA-200/PS-11 post the explosion.

    Over 30 political parties contesting in the elections

    DIG Abdul Razzak Cheema's convoy was also attacked. He is reported to be safe. More than 30 political parties are contesting in the elections. Pakistanis are voting to choose a new government in the second democratic transition of power in the nation's 70-year history amid accusations of manipulation by the powerful army and concerns over the participation of Islamic hardliners in large numbers.

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