Roundup: 9am to 10am

Published July 25, 2018
  • Bakhtawar and Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari have cast their votes in NA-213
  • There's a healthy turnout of voters in Quetta so far
  • Mustafa Kamal, chief of the Pak Sarzameen Party, has cast his vote in NA-243
  • Missing voter lists and service lags on 8300 have become a source of annoyance for voters in Karachi
  • Farooq Sattar of MQM-P fame has cast his vote; says will push for new province
  • PPP leaders Murad Ali Shah and Khursheed Shah have cast their votes in Sehwan
  • Police have arrested an unidentified man in Karachi's Korangi area; man was attempting to cast fake votes
  • Reports of women being denied right to vote in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Chief Election Commissioner has provided assurances that all complaints will be addressed
  • Information Minister has brushed aside criticism after reports that media is not being allowed inside polling stations; says ECP's rules are clear on the matter.

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