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Pakistan elections

Pakistan cuts mobile service on election day, PTI slams 'cowardly act'

Outages in name of security fuel suspicion over polls' legitimacy

Poll workers walk past police officers outside a voting station in Peshawar on Feb. 8.   © Reuters

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan suspended mobile services across the country on Thursday just as voters went to the polls for the country's general elections, adding to the controversy swirling around the process.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement that mobile access was being restricted due to the country's deteriorating security situation. On the day before the elections, twin bombings killed about a dozen people near candidates' offices, fueling fears that voting stations could be targeted.

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