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The Pakistani Islamist group, which left at least 31 dead and 70 wounded, was hit by a suicide bombing on Wednesday. at the entrance of a polling station in Quetta, a town in the province of Baluchistan (southwest). A cameraman "tried to enter the electoral college and when the police wanted to arrest him, he exploded," a local administration official, Hashim told AFP. Ghilzai
Among the dead, three policemen and children, official sources
Another polling station in another polling station in Khuzdar, also in Baluchistan, one of the poorest provinces of the country, has was killed in another polling station.
Polling stations closed Wednesday afternoon, (10:00 Brasília time), although there are long queues in the polling stations.
About 106 million voters were called to appear in a country of 207 million people to elect their MPs for the next five years.
Imran Khan, Pakistani leader Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former cricketer, is the first candidate for the post of Prime Minister alongside Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif , leader of the Muslim Pakistan-Nawaz League (PML-N).
This election is not only the second democratic transition from one civilian government to another in a country whose history is marked
Shahbaz Sharif denounced Wednesday "the only one in the world. the dirtiest election ", because of the accusations of conchavos by the armed forces, which would have benefited Khan
" The frauds are so blatant that everyone started to cry. "
"These are so egregious frauds that everyone started to cry."
Shortly before, national television reported that only 18% of the votes had been reached six hours after the end of the year. year. In his Twitter account, the PML-N announced that he "totally rejects the results of the general elections of 2018 because of clear and mbadive irregularities."
The first person to enter one of the surveys The entrepreneur Maryum Arif, who told AFP that she would vote for PML-N to "serve Pakistan", said east of the city of Lahore to the east.
Shortly after his arrival, Shahbaz Sharif asked Pakistanis to "leave their homes". (19659002) Up to 80,000 police and military are stationed in polling stations across the country, facing the fear of further attacks.
the campaign, more than 180 people died
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Imran Khan voted in favor of a new government in the West Bank, Bani Gala, on the outskirts of the capital
"The time has come to remove the parties that kidnapped the country during years, "he said.
The former sports star has campaigned with Pakistan. He promised to eradicate corruption, take care of the environment and build a "state of Islamic well-being".
His campaign was eclipsed by accusations that he would have the support of the country's powerful security institutions.
The military denied the charges, baduring that they did not have a "direct role" in the election
The electoral authorities granted broad powers to the officers military inside the electoral colleges
Sharif accuses the armed forces and the justice of having done everything they can to undermine their party
More than 19 million new voters, including young people and women, can be decisive in this fierce election race.
* AFP
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