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Election commission workers unload election materials at a distribution centre in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
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A disabled man being taken to cast his vote in Peshawar, Pakistan. Musa Kamal for The National
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A Pakistan People's Party awareness camp outside the polling station in Peshawar. Musa Kamal for The National
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A security guard on duty outside the polling station in Peshawar. Musa Kamal for The National
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Pakistan's President Ariv Alvi casts his vote at a polling station in Karachi during parliamentary elections. AP
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Voters register at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf voting registration camp in Lahore, Pakistan. Getty Images
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Activists from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party outside a polling station in Islamabad. AFP
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Shehbaz Sharif, centre, former prime minister and president of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz casts his ballot in Lahore. EPA
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Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, who is leading a Commonwealth monitoring team, visits the Election Commission of Pakistan's election monitoring control centre, where complaints are received and checked, in Rawalpindi. Reuters
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A Pakistani voter at a polling station in Wahgrian. Getty Images
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Women show their ink-stained thumbs after voting in Karachi. AP
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A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections. AFP
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Pakistani security officials guard a polling station in Lahore. EPA
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Pakistani soldiers patrol near polling stations in Karachi. EPA
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A Pakistani soldier stands guard outside a polling station in Karachi. EPA
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A voter in Karachi gets an ink mark on his thumb after casting his vote during the general election. Reuters
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A voter leaves the ballot booth in Karachi. Reuters
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Supporters of Saeed Anwar Mehsud, an independent candidate from South Waziristan, sit inside their campaign office in Dera Ismail Khan. Reuters
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Women wait outside a polling station for voting to begin in Lahore. Reuters
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A polling officer sets up a polling station in Peshawar on the eve of the general election. EPA
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Relatives mourn the death of victims after a bomb blast outside the office of an independent candidate in Pishin district, about 50km from Quetta. AFP
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Officials collect evidence at the site of the bomb blast. AFP
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Election commission workers unload election materials at a distribution centre in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
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A disabled man being taken to cast his vote in Peshawar, Pakistan. Musa Kamal for The National
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A Pakistan People's Party awareness camp outside the polling station in Peshawar. Musa Kamal for The National
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A security guard on duty outside the polling station in Peshawar. Musa Kamal for The National
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Pakistan's President Ariv Alvi casts his vote at a polling station in Karachi during parliamentary elections. AP
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Voters register at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf voting registration camp in Lahore, Pakistan. Getty Images
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Activists from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party outside a polling station in Islamabad. AFP
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Shehbaz Sharif, centre, former prime minister and president of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz casts his ballot in Lahore. EPA
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Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, who is leading a Commonwealth monitoring team, visits the Election Commission of Pakistan's election monitoring control centre, where complaints are received and checked, in Rawalpindi. Reuters
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A Pakistani voter at a polling station in Wahgrian. Getty Images
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Women show their ink-stained thumbs after voting in Karachi. AP
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A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections. AFP
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Pakistani security officials guard a polling station in Lahore. EPA
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Pakistani soldiers patrol near polling stations in Karachi. EPA
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A Pakistani soldier stands guard outside a polling station in Karachi. EPA
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A voter in Karachi gets an ink mark on his thumb after casting his vote during the general election. Reuters
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A voter leaves the ballot booth in Karachi. Reuters
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Supporters of Saeed Anwar Mehsud, an independent candidate from South Waziristan, sit inside their campaign office in Dera Ismail Khan. Reuters
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Women wait outside a polling station for voting to begin in Lahore. Reuters
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A polling officer sets up a polling station in Peshawar on the eve of the general election. EPA
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Relatives mourn the death of victims after a bomb blast outside the office of an independent candidate in Pishin district, about 50km from Quetta. AFP
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Officials collect evidence at the site of the bomb blast. AFP
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Election commission workers unload election materials at a distribution centre in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA