Almost 6,500 candidates from 150 parties will stand in Pakistan's election this week but only around five percent of them are women. The first-time national candidate from the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, is a member of Jamaat-e-Islami, a right-wing party centred around religion.
Caretaker Interior Minister Dr Gohar Ejaz had earlier said access to internet can be curtailed if requested by any province or required in a district on election day