Pakistan election: polls open a day after bombings claimed by Islamic State

Phone services suspended for security reasons as voting begins, a day after at least 30 killed in attacks in Balochistan province

Phone services were suspended in Pakistan on Thursday as polls opened in its general election, a day after two bomb blasts at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in south-west Pakistan killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more.

Pakistan’s caretaker government said that phone services, including mobile internet, had been temporarily suspended for security reasons.

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