Pakistan: Shangla by-elections barred women from voting

More than 59,000 female voters were not allowed to vote in PK-87 Shangla-l by-elections January 29, the Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) reported February 9. An accord among political parties and candidates shut out female voters at 14 female polling stations and 69 combined polling stations, the study found.

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