Pakistan elections 2024: Polls close in vote marred by internet cut - BBC News

Millions were voting in a new government amid soaring inflation, rising violence and rigging claims.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage caption, Nawaz Sharif (right), seen here with his daughter Maryam, is on the ballot aiming to become PM for the fourth timeBy Yvette Tan, Caroline Davies and Simon Fraserin Singapore, Lahore and LondonPolls have closed in Pakistan after the authorities suspended mobile calls and data while millions voted for a new government in a controversial election.

The interior ministry said incidents of terrorism made the measure necessary.

The election comes almost two years after the previous prime minister, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, was ousted in a no-confidence vote.

Three-time PM Nawaz Sharif was on the ballot in what many analysts say is Pakistan's least credible election yet.

Khan, jailed on corruption charges last year, is barred from standing and his party called the internet cut a "cowardly act".

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