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  • Voters at various polling stations are thanking the men posted for their security in novel ways.
  • Two brothers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif (no not THOSE Nawaz and Shahbaz), have come out to vote in Rajanpur.
  • In Lower Dir's Government Higher Secondary School Rabat, a large number of women have turned up to cast their vote, according to BBC Urdu.
  • The Election Commission of Pakistan has "issued directives to all the returning and presiding officers across Pakistan to facilitate elderly citizens, people with disability and pregnant women to be allowed to vote on a priority basis."
  • Reports form interior Balochistan — especially areas such as Mastung, Awaran and Makran — indicate that there is a high turnout of voters.
  • Three female voters have reportedly been injured as a wall collapsed at a polling station in Khairpur's PS-27 constituency near Kot Diji, according to our correspondent.
  • Senior Balochistan Awami Party Vice President Sarfaraz Bugti says there are deliberate attempts to slow down the election process in Sui and Dera Bugti districts of Balochistan.
  • The Election Commission of Pakistan has said that its 8300 SMS service is down due to increased requests from voters for their data.
    • PML-N Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed has written to the ECP to extend polling time by an hour due to slow polling process at "almost all constituencies of Pakistan".
  • The Election Commission of Pakistan's Results Transmission System (RTS) has been activated, according to DawnNewsTV.
  • Heavy rain in several areas of Lahore has emerged as a threat to voter turnout.
  • The Election Commission of Pakistan has sent a notice to PTI Chairman Imran Khan for voting in full public view and in front of the cameras — a violation of the ECP's code of conduct.

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