Pakistan foreign ministry had announced the closure of the border with its both neighbors Afghanistan and Pakistan as part of efforts to provide a safe environment for voters to use their rights to vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo ensure full security during the general elections to be held in Pakistan on 8 Feb 2024, border crossings with Afghanistan and Iran, would remain closed both for cargo and pedestrians. Normal operations would resume on 9 Feb 2024,\u201d the ministry said in a tweet.<\/p>\n
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A doctor at at hospital in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, treats a man, one of dozens injured and killed Wednesday in two bomb blasts targeting the offices of local candidates in provincial and national elections due to be held Thursday. Photo by Jamal Taraqai\/EPA-EFE<\/p><\/div>\n
Meanwhile, the Interior Minister Gohar Ejaz has warned those responsible that they would face harsh consequences.<\/p>\n
Achakzai said the “terrorists wanted to disturb election activities,” but pledged his government would make sure law and order prevailed on polling day.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe miscreants want to defame Pakistan by creating unrest during the elections. Those who play with the lives of innocent citizens will be dealt with with iron hands,\u201d he wrote in a post on X.
\nIt\u2019s worth mentioning that more than 120 million people are eligible to vote for candidates contesting 266 of the 342 seats in the parliament. Any political party that wants to form a new government needs to win 134 seats which then elects a prime minister for a four year term.<\/p>\n
Pakistan to shut down internet due to security concern\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Internet service will be cut off during elections in places where there is more security threat. Ejaz had hinted at the possible suspension of the internet service in case of security issues in any area on the election day (tomorrow) while Amn e sty International called for uninterrupted internet access across the country during the polling process, DAWN reported.<\/p>\n Returning officers wait to collect sacks of voting materials to polling stations from a distribution centre in Lahore, eastern Pakistan: AFP<\/p><\/div>\n Ejaz said that final decision has not been taken but the authorities would consider suspending the internet service only if it receives a request form a district or province in case of any security threat. Leaders condemned the twin bombings<\/strong><\/p>\n Acting Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaarul Haq Kakar had expressed his grief on the lost of lives in the twin blasts in Balochistan and said that all efforts to sabotage \u201ctomorrow\u2019s elections will be defeated.\u201d Kakar said the government will do everything to conduct a fair election and make sure to ensure the electoral process is concluded peacefully.<\/p>\n Ejaz strongly also condemned the twin attacks in Balochistan and said he shared the grief of the families who lost their loved ones in the attack.<\/p>\n Ejaz said that the government will fail the evil intention of the enemy to stop people from exercising their right to vote.<\/p>\n Pakistani politician and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also condemned the terrorist attacks in Pishin and Qilla Saifullah, stating that those responsible would be brought to justice.<\/p>\n Offering his condolences to the families of the deceased, he said that targeting innocent people is a barbaric act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At least 26 people have been killed and dozens more received injuries in two blasts rocked Pakistan ahead of high-stake parliamentary elections. The first blast had occurred outside the election office of independent candidate Asfandyar Kakar in Pishin district of Balochistan province, Pakistani media DAWN reported. Pishin Deputy Commissioner Jumma Dad Khan said that at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1299,1542,53,1781,503,1783,1782,1117,1784,628,1780],"class_list":["post-3457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middleeast","tag-blasts","tag-borders","tag-election","tag-general-elections","tag-headline","tag-holiday","tag-internet-blockage","tag-new-government","tag-peoples-right-to-vote","tag-security","tag-twin-bombings"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/harici.com.tr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/vvvv.jpg\")
\n\u201cWe need to see the scale of the threat, if it is necessary to block the line of communication of terrorists, we will do it in a nutshell,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n