Amid a climate of violence and irregularities, Pakistan began voting this Thursday to elect a new parliament. Authorities said at least nine people were killed across the country. teleSUR
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00:00 In Pakistan, telephone services were suspended on Thursday as the country voted in a general
00:06 election marred by allegations of voter fraud and militant attacks.
00:10 The government took action after 26 people were killed in the Balochistan region on Wednesday.
00:16 They interrupted mobile phone services and deployed large contingents of security personnel.
00:22 In this way, they were trying to guarantee an election day with 128 million voters in
00:27 peace.
00:28 However, in less than eight hours, two attacks were registered.
00:32 In one of the attacks, a security agent was killed.
00:35 And in the last one, in Kaluchi, in the northwest of the country, at least five policemen were
00:39 killed.
00:40 The suspension of the cell phone services drew condemnation from political parties and
00:44 candidates contesting the elections, who said it meant that there would be little accountability
00:50 for actions taken at the polling stations and increased concern that the elections would
00:55 be neither free nor fair.
00:57 The UN High Commission.