Forces On Alert In Pak's Sindh, Balochistan After Violence Ahead Of Polls
NDTV
Since Sunday night, election violence has claimed at least seven lives in Karachi, Nushki and Sibi.
A surge in attacks targeting contesting candidates and offices of the election commission in Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces, occurring just 48 hours before the general elections, has prompted increased deployment of security forces in the troubled areas.
Since Sunday night, election violence has claimed at least seven lives in Karachi, Nushki and Sibi.
In Sibi, militants hit an election rally of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate for the National Assembly in which four people lost their lives and six were injured. In another incident, candidates of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) were shot at and hand grenades thrown at their homes injuring at least three of them seriously.
