...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, but it appeared to have little effect on enthusiastic turnout in other parts of the city, as well as Islamabad, Lahore and Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
. The Taliban targeted a provincial assembly candidate for the Awami National Party (ANP). An AFP photographer said a child aged three or four was among 11 dead laid out in the morgue. Police said one of the candidate's guards was also killed. The target, Amanullah Mehsud, escaped unhurt, senior police official Mazhar Nawaz said. A jacket wallah rammed his cycle of violence into a Rangers' picket in the city on Saturday, killing two personnel and injuring five others. The attack took place on Mangho Pir Road. Meanwhile,
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as many as seven people, including a child, were killed and dozens injured, including two security personnel and two children, in separate incidents of violence at the polling stations in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
. Many polling stations were shut after they were attacked by the armed hard boyz with bombs and rockets. Unidentified persons threw a hand grenade at the polling stations in Killi Shabo, Quetta, killing one child and injuring eight others. Four people were killed in an armed clash between two rival groups in Chaman's Kili Fezo area. At least 11 people were reportedly killed and 12 others injured in a bomb and gun attack on a convoy in Chhattar some 60km from Dera Murad Jamali. A man was killed and 14 others sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two rival political groups in Shikarpur. One person died on spot while 14 others were maimed. Police and paramilitary forces rushed to the scene. In Peshawar, a suicide bomber was killed and 17 others, including a cop, were maimed in the blast near a polling station.