The US State Department has emphasised that violence at election rallies undermines the electoral process in Pakistan.

Strongly condemning Tuesday’s bomb explosion at a PTI rally in Sibi that killed 10 people, the State Department said that incidents like this “undermine the electoral process”.

The department asserted: “The Pakistani people have the right to choose their leader without fear for the country’s stability and prosperity.”

Another State Department spokesperson, while responding to Dawn’s query, said that questions about judicial decisions should be addressed to Pakistani courts. But the US official assured the Pakistani people that Washington would continue to support the democratic process in Pakistan.

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