Despite the regulatory Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) earlier promise to maintain access to internet services on election day, the interior ministry announced on Thursday that mobile services had been suspended on grounds of security threats.
Reacting to the annual budget presented by the West Bengal government on Thursday, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul called the budget focused on electoral politics and catering to votes as Lok Sabha polls are around the corner.
In the village of Adeena in Swabi district (NA-20), women have reportedly been barred from casting their votes. The local community has imposed restrictions, preventing around 6,000 women from exercising their democratic rights.
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and other political leaders who are currently incarcerated have cast their votes through a postal ballot from Adiala Jail.
Pakistan-based National Democratic Movement (NDM) Chairman Mohsin Dawar highlighted that three female polling agents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tappi have been attacked by the Taliban during the ongoing general elections.
As mobile services remain suspended in Pakistan amid the ongoing polls, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari demanded the immediate restoration of mobile phone services across the country, as reported by Dawn.
s the polling process unfolds across Swat, security measures placed at all sensitive polling stations, have been heightened with the deployment of more than 6,500 police personnel