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Hugh Sykes brought us coverage last night (he'll be back tonight) - here are some of his photos and words on Pakistan's election day. He writes:

"Here are some snaps of Islamabad on election day, and of a food queue the day before....

Most people didn't vote. A lot of people played cricket.

Returning officer and voters in an Islamabad polling station.

Well-off Islamabadis chilling at The Monal - a restaurant in the Margalla Hills, looking down at Islamabad. Through the haze.

Queue for cooking oil on election eve. Thirty women in their line, and ....

.....seventy men in theirs. The oil here - subsidised by the government - is half its price in the market.

After a two hour wait, this woman gets her ration of four litres.

But the mood is mostly cheerful - this little boy demanded to be photographed.

Elsewhere, this is a school bus in Karachi.

And - frequent power cuts plague everyone's lives here now. And make editing stuff for PM a challenge."

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