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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Abid Hussain

‘Used to be a festival’: Why Pakistan is seeing a subdued election campaign

Election posters and banners seen ahead of the general election in Rawalpindi, Pakistan [Sohail Shahzad/EPA]

Rawalpindi, Pakistan – Muhammed Iqrar stands outside his small shop in Muslim Town, a commercial area in Rawalpindi. Something is amiss, he says.

“We have general elections in less than a month, but I don’t recall our area being so dead before,” the 46-year-old says.

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