Counting of votes begins in Pakistan after polling day marred by Taliban violence, booth capture

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The day witnessed violence by militants and reports emerged in the local media of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) capturing polling booths..

One person was killed after gunmen opened fire at a vehicle of the security forces outside a booth in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, during the early hours of polling,accordingto local police officials...

Mohsin Dawar, chairman of the Pashtun nationalist political party, the National Democratic Movement (NDM), has written a letter to the Chief Election Commission (CEC) of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), alleging that TTP militants captured polling booths in North Waziristan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

A fight between workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PTI led to a temporary suspension of polling in two booths in the NA-49 Attock,The Express Tribunereported...

The Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to take action on the suspension of internet and mobile services across the country on polling day...