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Peaceful voting in PoK

CHAKOTHI: Voting began on Tuesday in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to choose a new regional legislature that will face the challenge of rebuilding the Himalayan region, hit by a devastating earthquake last year. An alliance of three political groups, meanwhile, planned rallies in Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK, and other cities to protest a Government decision to prevent them from participating in the elections. Some 2.4 million people are eligible to vote in the elections, in which 300 candidates are contesting 41 seats in PoK's Assembly. Some 8,000 army troops, 16,000 police and paramilitary troops have been deployed to provide security for the election. In 1991, 15 persons died in election-related violence in the area. But polling was peaceful on Tuesday. — AP

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