Live Blog: Pakistan Elections

Voices on the ground:

One voter in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province tells RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that polling is peaceful in his village. "The polling is peaceful and all the people from our tribe and village are cooperating with the election officials."

Another:

"All our fears about security went away after we reached the polling station in the morning. There is a huge crowd here and polling is going peacefully. "

Volunteers gather beside the dead bodies of blast victims outside a hospital following a bomb explosion in Karachi today that killed 11:

#MQM's Farooq Sattar press conference: There is rigging/bogus votes going on in numerous polling stations in #Karachi. #PakElection2013

— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) May 11, 2013

@zachprague He said they have evidence (didn't elaborate) and reports of complains in "half of the polling stations".

— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) May 11, 2013

Another blast reported, now in Baluchistan

#Breaking - #Pakistani TV channels report of a bomb explosion in #Quetta. #PakElection2013

— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) May 11, 2013

The Jamat-e-Islami and PPP candidates agreed the women should not come for vote in Lower Dir district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa -- NA-34 constituency. RFE/RL talked to an official of the Election Commission in Peshawar, Khushal Zada, who rejected the reports. A female-rights activist, Shad Begum from Dir Area, however, confirmed that women are being banned from voting in Lower Dir district. A similar situation has been reported by our correspondent Niaz Ahmad Khan from Tindo Dag, Engaro Dherai and Amankot villages of the neighboring Swat district.

Pakistan's chief election commissioner, Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim to reporters in Lahore:

"The bad guys will benefit if the good people don't vote. Bad guys succeed when good people don't take part in elections. I will not call it an obligation but it is your moral duty to cast your vote. It is compulsory. Cast your vote if you want to change your future."

Two killed in Okara. Polling suspended in Okara’s NA 145′s polling station No.149 | Live Update dawn.com/elections-live… #Pakistan #PakVotes

— Dawn Media Group (@dawn_com) May 11, 2013

Three killed in election violence in Chaman, Northren Balochistan tribune.com.pk/story/547450/c…

— AbuSid (@sid_abu) May 11, 2013

Mohammad Yousuf, a witness, speaking today to Reuters in Karachi after a bomb blast that targeted an ANP politician:

"As soon as Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Amanullah Mehsud was at a distance from me and my brother, suddenly the blast happened. When I rushed to the scene, I saw bodies lying all over the ground, some without limbs, another without a head. I carried the injured to the hospital. I don't know what happened. My brother is still in the hospital."

(below: volunteers stand guard over the deceased)

According to AFP, the motorcycle bomb in Peshawar targeted a women's polling station. Read more here [LINK]