Violence was reported across Pakistan as millions vote in landmark elections, the first peaceful turnover of power in the country’s 66-year history. The Taliban has vowed further attacks amid a string of blasts and shootings rocking the country.
07:20 GMT: A polling station was blown up in Pakistan’s Swabi district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
07:15 GMT: Explosion was heard near the ANP political office, Al Jazeera reported.
07:09 GMT: A blast was reported near a police station in Saddar, and shots were fired in Bannu, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, local media reported.
07:07 GMT: A polling station has been bombed in the northeastern town of Jamrud.
07:06 GMT: The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast in Karachi, AFP reported. "We proudly claim responsibility for this attack, we carried it out and will carry out more of the same,"Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said.
06:40 GMT: Two were killed during a shootout between two political groups at a polling station at the state Renalkhurd boys high school, local media reported.
Pakistani volunteers carry injured blast victims to a hospital following a bomb explosion in Karachi on May 11, 2013. (AFP Photo/Rizwan Tabasssum)
06:30 GMT: A blast strikes a school designated as a polling station on Peshawar’s Charsadda Road, injuring 12 people. Rescue teams are on their way to the site, Dawn.com reported.
06:15 GMT: Pakistani Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso condemned the Karachi blasts, and ordered immediate medical treatment for the injured, Radio Pakistan reported.
06:10 GMT: Children were among the injured in the twin blasts in Karachi, according to AP video footage.
06:00 GMT: Two bombs rocked Karachi, Pakistan killing over ten people and injuring around 50 as the country votes in its first-ever democratic election. One of the blasts targeted an election candidate.
The blasts targeted the political offices of the Awami National Party (ANP), one of three secular liberal parties that have been battered by Taliban attacks, AFP quoted police officer Shabir Hussain as saying.
One blast was reported in the Landhi area of the port city, according to local media. ANP candidate Aman Ullah escaped unharmed from a bomb targeting him, local media reported.
Another explosion was reported in Karachi’s Quaidabad near a polling station, damaging the window panes of several buildings and destroying eight shops.
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