RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal reports: Explosion at the polling place at Khazana high school in Laram Village near Peshawar. So far one dead and three injured.
RT @kingofshaw0ws: @mansoorgeonews NA-253 .. Ballot papers took by unknown men .. Saying Polling will start 2pm. #Rigging #Fraud #Pakistan”
— Mansoor Ali Khan (@MansoorGeoNews) May 11, 2013
There had been complaints from this polling station from early this morning:
So I tried but didn't voted #election2013 #Karachi #pollingstationsclosed
— NoorulHuda Daudpota (@pink_b) May 11, 2013
When I asked where Ms. Daudpota was, she replied:
@zachprague NA 253
— NoorulHuda Daudpota (@pink_b) May 11, 2013
ANP spokesperson Abdul Malik tells RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal that eight ANP members have been killed in a blast in Karachi. The target appears to have been Amanulla Mahsud who escaped unhurt.
#ANP: Karachi attack targeted Amanullah Mehsud (PA 128). He is unhurt while 8 workers killed. via @mashaalradio. #PAKElection2013
— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) May 11, 2013
RT @samiyousafzai: blast nearANP election office in Karachi ..5 killed 40 injured...
— Matthieu Aikins (@mattaikins) May 11, 2013
#Pakistan: Five killed in blast near Awami National Party election office in Karachi #ht
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) May 11, 2013
Tight security at a polling station in Baluchistan
Our reporters from Bannu covering North Waziristan report: announcements made from loudspeakers from mosques this morning in North Waziristan saying women should not come out for polls today.
Armed man who tried to enter a polling station in Upper #MohmandAgency was shot dead by security officials #Electionday2013
— Iftikhar Firdous (@IftikharFirdous) May 11, 2013
Yesterday, "Dawn" reported that the Taliban was going to allow women to vote in South Waziristan. From the report:
“Women can poll vote on Saturday provided that proper purdah arrangements are made in and outside polling stations,” Amjad Wazir, an activist of Awami National Party in Wana by phone.
The committee decided that if anyone tried to disrupt polling process at any polling station in NA-41, South Waziristan Agency, he would be fined one million rupees cash and his house would be set on fire. Electioneering has remained peaceful in Wana so far.
Picture #NA1 #Peshawar “@iopyne: NA 1 can't wait to vote. #pakvotes twitter.com/iopyne/status/…”
— Adil Shahzeb (@adilshahzeb) May 11, 2013
Polling hasn't begun in NA12 polling station 51 #Swabi, polling station was changed last night,now material is missing #Electionday2013
— Iftikhar Firdous (@IftikharFirdous) May 11, 2013