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Abid Hussain

EXPLAINED: Pakistan on edge as millions vote amid crackdown instability | Vintage Vibes

Members of the polling staff set up a polling station in a school building for the February 8 parliamentary elections, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, February 7, 2024 [Fareed Khan/AP Photo]

Lahore, Pakistan – Four months after Pakistan was originally scheduled to hold national elections, the country’s 128 million voters will on Thursday get the chance to pick their next federal government amid a pre-poll crackdown on former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party and a climate of political and economic instability.

More than 90,000 polling booths spread across the nation of 241 million people will open at 8am local time (03:00 GMT).

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