400,000 soldiers deployed at polling stations, prompting claims of military interference

Millions of Pakistani voters have cast their ballots in a general election beset by allegations of military interference and scarred by the deaths of at least 31 people in a suicide attack outside a polling station in the eastern city of Quetta.

After a bloody campaign during which 151 people were killed a fortnight ago in Pakistan’s second deadliest terrorist attack, on Wednesday a militant blew himself up hours after polls opened.

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