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Pakistan’s nearly 106 million registered voters have a chance to choose their representatives in the national and provincial assemblies \u2014 as well as their next prime minister \u2014 as the country goes through its 11th General Election today.<\/p>\n

Polling began at 8AM and will conclude, without any break, at 6PM across the country’s 85,307 polling stations, of which 17,007 have been declared “highly sensitive”.<\/p>\n

As many as 12,570 candidates are contesting for a total of 849 seats of national and provincial assemblies in the general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan’s nearly 106 million registered voters have a chance to choose their representatives in the national and provincial assemblies \u2014 as well as their next prime minister \u2014 as the country goes through its 11th General Election today. 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