Pakistan election live updates: 35 killed in suicide blast, poll-related violence

Polling has ended in Pakistan

Breaking tradition, women in Pakistan's tribal district cast their ballots for the first time

Since Pakistan's first general elections in the 70s, the women in Upper Dir, which was once a Taliban stronghold, had been deprived of using their right to franchise on the pretext of cultural taboos.

Imran Khan addresses media after casting his vote. (Reuters Photo)

35 killed in suicide blast, election-related violence

While 31 people were killed in a suicide blast in Quetta, four others died in separate incidents of clashes at several polling stations.

The Election Commission of Pakistan stated that the media discussions pertaining to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan & Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif were a violation of ECP code of conduct

Union minister Hansraj Ahir on Hafiz Saeed seen casting vote

Some voters at a poll station in Lahore say Army isn't allowing entry

Hafiz Saeed after casting his vote in Lahore

At least 31 people were killed, including 28 in a suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country went to polls.

At least 28 killed in suicide blast near polling station

Pakistan hospital official says 25 killed, 40 wounded in explosion outside crowded polling station in city of Quetta, reports AP

Pak govt directs the Private TV channels to stop airing content related to election

Hafiz Saeed casts his vote at a polling booth in Lahore

One killed in exchange of fire between rivals

Supporters of two rival parties exchanged fire outside a polling station in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa today, killing a worker of former cricketer Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and injuring two others.

Several injured in a blast near eastern bypass in Balochistan's Quetta: Pakistan media

More than 11,000 candidates are vying for 270 seats in the parliament and 570 seats in four provincial assemblies. Under Pakistani law, separate seats are reserved for women and for non-Muslim minorities, which comprise about 4 per cent of the country's more than 200 million residents.

A soldier checks a voter's information at a polling station in Islamabad.