A queue of voters waiting to cast their votes at a polling station in Karachi (French)
ISLAMABAD
- Pakistanis began heading to the polls on Thursday morning to elect members of the National Assembly (Parliament) and members of the country's four regional parliaments.
Polling stations opened their doors at 08:00 local time, to select 266 deputies in Parliament from among 5,121 candidates, and to select 593 deputies in regional parliaments from among 12,695. The centers are expected to close their doors at five in the evening.
Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam after voting in the general elections in Lahore (Al Jazeera)
People's Party Chairman Bilawar Bhutto Zardari during his recommendation in the elections in Larkana district in Sindh province (Al Jazeera)
Pakistani President Arif Alvi during his participation in the electoral process at a polling station in Karachi (Al Jazeera)
Gohar Ali, head of the Insaf Party, while casting his vote in Bonaire in Khyber Province (Al Jazeera)
Emir of the Pakistani Islamic Group, Siraj ul-Haq, while casting his vote in Dir district in Khyber Agency (Al Jazeera)
In front of a polling station in the city of Rawalpindi near Islamabad (Anatolia)
A woman casts her vote at a polling station in the city of Hyderabad in Sindh province (French)
Women cast their votes in a polling station in Karachi, the largest city in Sindh Province (Anatolia)
Tight security measures witnessed on election day in various Pakistani cities (Anatolia)
A scene of security measures at a polling station (Anatolia)
Source: Al Jazeera