Roundup 5pm-6pm

Published July 25, 2018
  • The Election Commission has once again rejected requests to extend the polling time.
  • Awami Workers Party (AWP) Islamabad has complained that minority voters at a polling station in Islamabad's NA-54 constituency are not being allowed to vote
  • In Faisalabad's NA-108 constituency, a large number of female voters have gathered to vote which has caused the surrounding roads to be blocked.
  • The Election Commission of Pakistan says that it has so far received 600 complaints from all over Pakistan regarding the ongoing elections, according to Geo News.
  • Three Pakistan army soldiers — who were escorting the polling staff of NA 271 in Balochistan — were martyred in an ambush last night, according to ISPR.
  • Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has cast his vote in NA-154, according to Geo News.
  • Independent candidate Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has cast his vote in his hometown of Chakri, according to Geo News.
  • Unknown persons have kidnapped the presiding officer of a polling station situated in Chaman area of Balochistan's Killa Abdullah district, Radio Pakistan has reported.
  • Polling for the 11th election in Pakistan officially closed at 6pm. Those inside the polling stations will still be able to cast their votes.
    • ARY News has jumped the gun and is live reporting election results despite clear instructions by the ECP against doing so before 7pm.

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