he died in islamabad with lung complications, after being admitted to hospital in august with covid 19. iraqis are voting in a parliamentary election called in response to months of anti government protests. iraq faces an economic crisis, corruption and sectarian division. president barham saleh says the poll is an opportunity to rebuild the state. 0ur correspondent murad shashani says iraqi people remain divded over the election. this election is coming at a very interesting time. back in 2019, protests sparked in major cities in iraq. youngsters calling, demanding for reforms. one of their main demands was an early election. early elections now here in iraq, you can see, was one of these demands amongst many others, including fighting corruption, political reform, etc. in this case, that led some people to call for increasing calls to boycott the elections here. that is what you see