Pakistan: 22 killed, 37 injured in two explosions on the eve of elections. Two explosions likely caused by IEDs took place in southwest Pakistan.
Each near the offices of candidates for legislative and provincial elections. More than half a million members of the security forces were deployed for the vote, for which the authorities began distributing ballots to more than 90,000 polling stations on Wednesday. Nearly 18,000 candidates are standing in the elections to obtain a seat in the National Assembly or provincial assemblies.