Live Blog: Pakistan Elections

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."

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.

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

#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

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

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. "

#KarachiBlast Update: 11 killed, 40 injured. 7 wounded are in critical conditions. #ANP @mashaalradio. #PakElection2013

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

IMPORTANT:

Register your complaints with the Election Commission Pakistan. Call 0519210801, 0519210802, 0519210803, 0519210804, and 051-9210805

— hiranajam (@hiranajam) May 11, 2013

KP govt confirms women vote blocked by political parties | DAWN.COM dawn.com/2013/05/10/low… via @dawn_com

— Shaheen Buneri (@shaheenbuneri) May 11, 2013

#Elections2013:pic of democratic activity in Dir once strong hold if Taliban @mashaalradio twitter.com/journalist777/…

— Majeed Babar (@journalist777) May 11, 2013