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Pakistan election 2018: Dozens dead as polls open

By: Keerthi Mohan

More than two dozen people have been killed in a suicide bombing outside a polling booth in Pakistan. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing that took place just as the country was gearing up to elect a new prime minister. This is only the second time in Pakistan’s history that power is being transferred from one civilian government to another. Nearly 106 million people are registered to vote on July 25. The election campaign has been marred by a series of attacks on candidates and accusation of manipulation by Pakistan’s military. On Monday, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s…

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