prepare to vote in an election pitting him against the party of the former jailed prime minister, omar sharif. the string of attacks included a suicide bombing that killed more than 150 people and resulted in the deployment of nearly 400,000 euro the officers. the election will see the transfer of power from one civilian government to another for only the second time in the nation's 70 year history. i want a new candidate to be elected that can carry pakistan forward. the progress should be in the hands of a new leader. we are tired of the old leaders already. they haven't proven to be good. >> the country is economically weak at the moment. on the verge of bankruptcy. one thing that is for sure is that whatever government arrives , it will be facing challenges, but we hope to ever government it is, it will help pakistan to its feet. annette: we have more from islamabad. >> he's running the election campaign against the imminent party, which is seeking a second term in office. the party has complained about attempting to be sidelined. independent surveys and observers have questioned the capa

pml—n, led by shehbaz sharif, brother ofjailed former prime minister nawaz sharif, are projected to have come in second. omarshi has tweeted these early results suggest a hung parliament is likely, here is pakistani senator iftikhar ahmad to explain why that's a concern. there will be, in all likeliness, a hung parliament and that will result in obviously a coalition government. which will not augur very well for the conditions that pakistan's going through at the moment. because there is the economy which is down the drain, there is security situation, pakistan's virtually at war and we saw the signs of that today on the bordering town of rajasthan during the elections. therefore, the task will be very tough for the new government and if that government relies on coalition or... other parties‘ views and their attitudes towards the foreign policy, that will create problems. today's vote has been marred by violence. a polling station in the city of quetta, near the border with afghanistan, was attacked by a suicde bomber. this is footage of the aftermath. at least 31 people were killed in the attack, dozens m