July 23, 2018 6:10 PM

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Pakistan poll campaign ends tonight

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The two-month-long campaign for Pakistan's general election on Wednesday will come to an end at midnight tonight. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said, as per rules the campaign must end at midnight so that voters can relax and prepare for the July 25 polls. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The contestants and leaders including PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and  Pakistan Peoples Party leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are making last-ditch efforts to woo voters before the end of the deadline. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The election campaign has generally been seen as low-key and has failed to enthuse voters as in previous polls. There was also a sense of uncertainty due to court cases against leading politicians including PML-N leader and ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was convicted and sent to jail for corruption. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">A sudden spike in suicide attacks by terrorists has also affected the campaign. About 180 people, including three candidates, were killed in these attacks in the past two weeks. </div>

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