<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan will go to polls tomorrow to elect new governments at the national and the provincial levels. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The civilian transfer of power in the country is taking place for only the second time in the nation's over 70-year history. The voting will start at 8 am local time and will continue till 6 in the evening.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The main contest is between three main players, Shahbaz Sharif, the president of the PML-N, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan People's Party-led by Bilawal Bhutto. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The run-up to the polls has seen a massive crackdown on the media and allegations that the military has secretly backed the campaign of Imran Khan while targeting his political opponents. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The military has ruled Pakistan through various coups for nearly half of the country's history since its creation in 1947. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Controversy has also arisen over allowing terrorist groups to participate in the poll. The leading among them are Mumbai-terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led banned Jamat-ud Dawah's candidate. His son and son-in-law are also contesting the elections.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ahead of the elections, Pakistan also witnessed a series of terror attacks on candidates and campaign rallies, including one that killed 151 people in Balochistan province on 13th of this month. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The counting will be done on the spot and results will be announced within 24 hours after the polling. </span><br />''