A suicide bomber killed at least 29 people near a polling centre as Pakistanis voted on Wednesday in a knife-edge general election pitting cricket hero Imran Khan against the party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in the western city of Quetta, where security sources said the bomber drove his motorcycle into a police vehicle.
A hospital spokesman said 29 people were killed and 35 others wounded in the attack that a Reuters witness said occurred near a voting centre in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.