<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistanis voted today in a tense election to choose a new government as at least 35 people were killed in an ISIS suicide attack and poll-related violence. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The polling for country's 11th general election was held amidst charges of manipulation by the powerful Army and concerns over the participation of Islamic hardliners.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Hours after polling began for the general elections, an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up outside a polling station in Bhosa Mandi area of Balochistan's provincial capital, Quetta, killing 31 people, including policemen. In separate incidents, four persons were killed in poll-related violence. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The voting started at 8 AM local time on more than 85,000 polling stations and ended at 6 PM. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Voting was held for members of the lower house of parliament and four provincial assemblies. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The counting of votes began after the conclusion of the polling process this evening and results will be announced within 24 hours.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The main contest is between three main players, Shahbaz Sharif-led PML-N, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan People's Party of Bilawal Bhutto. </span><br />