A total of five people have reportedly been injured as a result of two separate clashes in Sahiwal and Kot Radha Kashan, Dawn News reported.
In a different incident, a fight broke out between PTI and PML-N workers after voters were allegedly forced to cast votes in Chak 168/10R in NA-151, Khanewal.
Workers of both parties were reportedly armed with sticks and batons. The City Police Station was alerted and police reached the scene to get the situation under control.
Earlier, in Balochistan’s Quetta, atleast 31 people were reportedly killed in a blast and several injured. Victims included both police and civilians.
Originally, the blast had targeted a police van which was passing by on a road near a polling station in NA-260. Investigations are underway and an emergency has been declared at Civil Hospital where injured are being treated.
For the general elections underway, Imran Khan, Fazlur Rehman, Shehbaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto casted their vote.
Polling for the Pakistan’s 11th general elections started early at 8 AM and will conclude at 6PM today. The country has set up 85,307 polling stations, of which 17,007 have been declared “highly sensitive”, GeoNews reported.
Further details are awaited.
