Photos: Pakistanis brave violence for historic election
May 11, 2013
Women wait to vote at a polling station in a village near Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN/ )
Women register and cast their ballots at a polling station in the old part of Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION )
People gather near a polling station in a village near Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION )
Security officials and residents are seen through the shattered windscreen of a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack in Karachi May 11, 2013. A bomb attack on the office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in the commercial capital, Karachi, killed 11 people and wounded 35. At least two were wounded in a pair of blasts that followed and media reported gunfire in the city. REUTERS/Athar Hussain ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION/ )
Hospital staff and rescue workers move a man injured by a bomb blast during an election, at Jinnah hospital in Karachi May 11, 2013. A bomb attack on the office of the Awami National Party (ANP) in the commercial capital, Karachi, killed 11 people and wounded 35. At least two were wounded in a pair of blasts that followed and media reported gunfire in the city. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION )
Pakistani voters line up outside a polling station waiting to enter and cast their ballots on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed and wounded dozens underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan Election )
A female voter stamps a ballot paper at a polling booth inside a polling station in Karachi May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. A picture of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of Pakistan hangs on the wall. The words on the sign on left read in Urdu as "polling officer". REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION )
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, casts his vote at a polling station during the country's parliamentary election in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed and wounded dozens of people underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots.(AP Photo/Anjum Naveed) ( Pakistan Election )
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MAY 11: Pakistani election workers count ballots at a polling station on May 11, 2013 in the Old City of Lahore, Pakistan. Millions of Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections held today on May 11. It is the first time in the country's history that an elected government will hand over power to another elected government. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) ( 168548866 )
A woman casts her ballot on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed several people and wounded dozens more underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) ( Pakistan Election )
Pakistanis receive their ballot papers before at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed and wounded dozens of people underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Rebecca Conway) ( APTOPIX Pakistan Election )
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MAY 11: A Pakistani police oficer searches a man on entry at a polling station on May 11, 2013 in the Old City of Lahore, Pakistan. Millions of Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections; the first time in the country's history that an elected government will hand over power to another elected government. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) ( 168546321 )
Pakistani residents gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Karachi on May 11, 2013. A Taliban bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed at least 11 people and wounded 36 others in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi as polls got under way, a doctor said. The bomb targeted a candidate seeking election to the Sindh provincial assembly for the Awami National Party (ANP), the main secular party for ethnic Pashtuns, police said. ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 519634210 )
Pakistani residents gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Karachi on May 11, 2013. A Taliban bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed at least 11 people and wounded 36 others in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi as polls got under way, a doctor said. The bomb targeted a candidate seeking election to the Sindh provincial assembly for the Awami National Party (ANP), the main secular party for ethnic Pashtuns, police said. ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images ( 519634187 )
A Pakistani police officer carries an injured blast victim at a hospital following a bomb explosion in Karachi on May 11, 2013. A Taliban bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed at least 11 people and wounded 36 others in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi as polls got under way, a doctor said. The bomb targeted a candidate seeking election to the Sindh provincial assembly for the Awami National Party (ANP), the main secular party for ethnic Pashtuns, police said. RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/Getty Images ( 519634393 )
A Pakistani policeman checks a voter entering a polling station in the village of Dial on the outskirts of Lahore on May 11, 2013. Bomb attacks wounded 12 people outside polling stations in northwest Pakistan, police said, but many voters were not deterred from casting their ballots in landmark polls. The vote marks the first time that an elected civilian administration has completed a full term and handed power to another through the ballot box in a country where there have been three military coups and four military rulers. More than 86 million people are eligible to vote for the 342-member national assembly and four provincial assemblies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ( 519635017 )
A Pakistani resident casts her vote at a polling station in Islamabad on May 11, 2013. Pakistanis queued up to vote in landmark elections, defying Taliban attacks to cast their ballots in polls marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state. AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images ( 519634846 )
Election officials discuss after a polling station was opened in a village near Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION/ )
Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) watch news on a television screen at the party's election headquarters after polling stations closed in Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks and gunfights that killed at least 17 people cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION/ )
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MAY 11: Police provide security at a polling station as people queue to cast their ballot prior to opening on May 11, 2013 on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan. Millions of Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections held today on May 11. It is the first time in the country's history that an elected government will hand over power to another elected government. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) ( 168541736 )
Pakistani election staff count ballots at a polling station in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed and wounded dozens underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ( Pakistan Election )
A Pakistani man comforts a family member next to the body of their relative who was killed in a bomb blast near a polling station on election day, at a hospital morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. The blasts in the port city of Karachi targeted the political offices of the Awami National Party, one of three secular liberal parties that have been targeted by Taliban militants during the run-up to the election, said police officer Shabir Hussain. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ( Pakistan Election )
Pakistani men crowd a small tea hall as they watch live news reports of incoming elections results after the polls closed in Lahore on May 11, 2013. Counting got underway Saturday in Pakistan's landmark elections after millions of people defied deadly Taliban attacks to take part in an historic democratic transition in the nuclear-armed state. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ( 519640831 )
Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) watch news on a television screen at the party's election headquarters after polling stations closed in Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks and gunfights that killed at least 17 people cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION/ )
Pakistani supporters of former cricket star-turned-politician, and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Imran Khan, ride a car decorated with his Khan's pictures, near a polling station in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed over a dozen people and wounded dozens more underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan Election )
Women supporters of political and religious party Jamat-e-Islami chant slogans after boycotting the elections in Karachi May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION/ )
Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) celebrate outside the party's election headquarters at the end of election day in Lahore May 11, 2013. A string of militant attacks and gunfights that killed at least 17 people cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj ( PAKISTAN-ELECTION/ )
Pakistani political party activists clash near a womens polling station after an incident during voting for the general election in Rawalpindi on May 11, 2013. Pakistanis queued up to vote in landmark elections, defying Taliban attacks to cast their ballots in polls marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state. Queues gathered outside polling stations in Pakistan's main cities where some people said they were nervous about security, but others spoke enthusiastically about exercising their democratic right and voting for change. FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images ( 519635413 )
Pakistani army soldiers patrol near the site of a bomb explosion in Peshawar on May 11, 2013. Bomb attacks wounded 12 people outside polling stations in northwest Pakistan, police said, but many voters were not deterred from casting their ballots in Saturday's landmark polls. The vote marks the first time that an elected civilian administration has completed a full term and handed power to another through the ballot box in a country where there have been three military coups and four military rulers. A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images ( 519635456 )
Pakistani residents wanting to vote gather to check where they have to vote near a school that is being used as a polling station in the village of Dial on the outskirts of Lahore on May 11, 2013. Pakistanis queued up to vote in landmark elections, defying Taliban attacks to cast their ballots in polls marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state. Queues gathered outside polling stations in Pakistan's main cities where some people said they were nervous about security, but others spoke enthusiastically about exercising their democratic right and voting for change. More than 86 million people are eligible to vote for the 342-member national assembly and four provincial assemblies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ( 519634272 )
Internally displaced Pakistanis queue up as they wait for their turn to cast their vote outside a polling station in Pakistan's largest refugee camp, Jalozai some 35 kms outside Peshawar on May 11, 2013. Pakistanis queued up to vote in landmark elections on May 11, defying Taliban attacks to cast their ballots in polls marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state. A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images ( 519635138 )
An elderly Pakistani woman leaves a polling station after casting her ballot in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed and wounded dozens underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( Pakistan Election )
A Pakistani girl stands between women waiting to enter a polling station to cast their ballots, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed ten people and wounded dozens more underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( Pakistan Election )
A Pakistani child lies next a ballot box at a polling station in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But attacks that killed and wounded dozens of people underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/Myra Iqbal) ( APTOPIX Pakistan Election )
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MAY 11: A Pakistani man receives his ballot paper before casting his vote at a polling station on May 11, 2013 on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan. Millions of Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections; the first time in the country's history that an elected government will hand over power to another elected government. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) ( 168542465 )
LAHORE, PAKISTAN - MAY 11: Pakistani election workers count ballots at a polling station on May 11, 2013 in the Old City of Lahore, Pakistan. Millions of Pakistanis cast their votes in parliamentary elections held today on May 11. It is the first time in the country's history that an elected government will hand over power to another elected government. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) ( 168548982 )
A Pakistani man watches incoming election results on a TV monitor after the polls closed in Lahore on May 11, 2013. Counting got underway Saturday in Pakistan's landmark elections after millions of people defied deadly Taliban attacks to take part in an historic democratic transition in the nuclear-armed state. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ( 519641912 )
Voters wait in line under arches at a polling station in Lahore during the general elections in Pakistan on May 11, 2013. Pakistanis queued up to vote in landmark elections today, defying Taliban attacks to cast their ballots in polls marking a historic democratic transition for the nuclear-armed state. More than 86 million people are eligible to vote for the 342-member national assembly and four provincial assemblies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images ( 519642108 )
A Pakistani woman shows her ink-stained thumb after casting her ballot at a polling station in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Defying the danger of militant attacks, Pakistanis streamed to the polls Saturday for a historic vote pitting a former cricket star against a two-time prime minister and an unpopular incumbent. But bombings that killed and wounded dozens underlined the risks many people took just casting their ballots. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) ( Pakistan Election )
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