have to say just from speaking to the voters some of the stations here and as a lot of support for emraan khan the former cricket star turned politician who has really been able to seize on the youth vote look here in pakistan he seized his gun the empathy in the sympathy of millions of pakistanis who feel disillusioned with the established political parties that have really run the country for decades and he's been pushing a platform of change anti-corruption anti u.s. drone strikes and i western aid of course the kind of candidate that many experts expect to do quite well is now was sharif he has served as prime minister twice before he is running yet again here and he's running on a platform of free market policies he thinks that economic solutions will really help pull papa stan out of its economic nightmare and it really has seen the economic problems under the ruling coalition headed by the papas down peoples party that is benazir bhutto the late prime minister's party which has been accused of sort of festering an atmosphere of corruption and we've seen a massive unemployment power outa

should his party win the race however the dark horse of the race cricket legend turned politician emraan khan. and his movement for justice or the p.d.i. supported by pakistan's powerful military now the election is a major step for pakistan's democracy but one which has been marred by violence across the volatile state as a confidence now reports. week after week these are the images the world has seen coming out of pakistan victims of a brutal wave of violence bomb blasts rippling across the country this is supposed to be a time of triumph for a country that's gearing up for its first ever democratic transition from one elected government to another but recent bomb and gun attacks by militants against religious minorities and secular politicians have called the country's stability into question and so on fear among pakistani voters. everyone is scared of bombs and nobody feels safe so very few people will go and vote because they're scared to go to you know those who will be the women. the pakistani taliban has vowed to target the country secular parties and they've made good on that threat