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Pakistanis head back to polls

2013-05-19 47 Dailymotion

Casting their ballots in Pakistan - finally.

One week after the country's general election, residents of this Karachi neighbourhood vote for a new government.

Some were prevented from voting on May 11, during what was at times a violent and chaotic ballot.

The vote comes a day after a prominent local politician, Zarah Shahid Hussain, was fatally shot outside her home.

She was a leading member of Pakistan Tehrik Insaf, a party headed by former cricket star Imran Khan.

Supporters denounced the killing and paid tribute to the voters.

(SOUNDBITE)(English) SHAH MEHMOOD QURESHI, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN TEHREEK-E-INSAF, SAYING:

"I would like to pay my tribute to the voters of NA-250. Who have come out to vote despite the threats that have been received. Despite the brutal murder of our (provincial) senior vice president Zahra Hussain."

A handful of constituencies across the country are holding new votes amid allegations of ballot-riggi