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- The first phase of legislative assembly elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir concluded amid serious violence and irregularities.
- In Bhimber, armed men seized a ballot box and set it on fire, destroying the votes inside, while a Pakistan Peoples Party worker, Mukhtar Yunus, was killed in a clash in Kotli district, with his party blaming political rivals.
- Reports also said armed men disrupted vote counting at several polling stations, and the civil rights group JAAC alleged that security forces fired on protesters in Rawalakot, killing several people.
- Voting in the region of about 3.8 million voters was held in three phases for the first time due to unrest, with the final phase in Poonch district scheduled for August 10; India has reiterated that PoK is an integral part of it and blamed the violence on decades of Pakistani repression.
What to watch next
- The final phase of voting in Poonch district scheduled for August 10
- Action or investigations into the ballot box burning in Bhimber and the killing of the PPP worker
- Further response from India's Ministry of External Affairs and the status of the banned JAAC movement
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