Voting Gets Underway in Pakistan's General Election
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Voters went to the polls in Pakistan to elect representatives to the national parliament and four provincial legislatures on July 25, Radio Free Europe reported.The election pits Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party of jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. PML-N is now led by Sharif’s brother, Shehbaz Sharif.The voting continued after a suicide bomb attack near a polling station killed at least 31 people in Quetta on Wednesday.Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, Reuters reported. Credit: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty via Storyful