The general elections in Pakistan are scheduled to be held on February 8. The most prominent parties running in these elections are the Muslim League Party and the People's Party.
The current poll is considered one of the most controversial elections in the history of Pakistan since its founding in 1947. It was scheduled to take place last November, but was postponed to this February for reasons said to be related to the redistribution of electoral districts. In the past year, Pakistan witnessed 664 armed attacks of different sizes and types, according to the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies.