Security fears hurt Pakistan poll
Updated on 18 February 2008
Turnout in the Pakistan elections was negligible in areas plagued by bad security, as Kylie Morris reports.
There are few things you can say for certain about today's Pakistan elections.
But one thing is clear: far fewer people voted than they had in previous elections. In some places the turnout was as low as four per cent.
That is in no small part due to violence, extremism and insecurity in the lead-up to today's polls.
As many as 100 people have died in militant attacks since campaigning began. Where security is good, voter turnout was high.
As many as 100 people have died in militant attacks since campaigning in Pakistan began.
Channel Four News has been to two very different parts of the country: the Khyber Agency, the tribal lands between Peshawar and the Afghan border, and the picturesque Swat Valley.
There, the iron grip of the militants has kept people at home - too frightened to exercise their right to vote.
