Election rallies in Pakistan

1. Supporters wave towards a helicopter transporting Nawaz Sharif, leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as he leaves after his election campaign rally in Peshawar, May 7, 2013. . REUTERS-Fayaz Azi

2. A supporter of the political and religious party Jamaat-e-Islami takes pictures with a mobile phone as he holds Pakistan's national flag during an election campaign rally in Karachi, May 5, 2013. REUTERS-Akhtar Soomr

3. Supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf wave their party's flag during an election campaign rally in Lahore, May 5, 2013. REUTERS-Mohsin Raz

4. A supporter of the political and religious party Jamaat-e-Islami peeps outside a fabric screen as others offer evening prayers during an election campaign rally in Karachi, May 5, 2013. REUTERS-Akhtar Soomr

5. A supporter of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) party shouts slogans with others waving the party flags during a speech by the party's leader Nawaz Sharif (not in picture) at an election campaign rally in Islamabad, May 5, 2013. REUTERS-Mian Khurshee

6. Policemen use their sticks to chase supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Chief Imran Khan, away from his helicopter as he takes off after his election campaign rally in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, May 4, 2013. . REUTERS-Fayaz Azi

7. Haroon Bilour (R), an Awami National Party (ANP) candidate for the upcoming elections, meets with constituents seeking help for problems at his house in Peshawar, May 2, 2013. REUTERS-Zohra Bensemr

8. Christian supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), hold placard as they light candles next a portrait of Khan in Lahore, May 8, 2013. Khan injured his head after falling off a mechanical lift raising him onto a stage at the rally four days before national elections. REUTERS-Mani Ran

9. Rescue workers carry injured Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who is also chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), after he fell from a makeshift elevator during his election campaign rally in Lahore, May 7, 2013. REUTERS- Mohsin Raz

10. Officials from the Election Commission of Pakistan prepare sacks of stationery materials, before they are transported to polling offices, in the premises of the district city court in Karachi, May 8, 2013. REUTERS-Athar Hussai

11. A supporter of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) party sits in his car which is bearing a model of a tiger, the election symbol of the PML-N, on its roof before an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi, May 7, 2013. REUTERS-Faisal Mahmoo

12. Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addresses his supporters after his visit to the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, during an election campaign in Karachi, May 7, 2013. REUTERS-Athar Hussai

13. Nighat Orakzai (R), a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) candidate for the upcoming election, attends a clandestine campaign rally on a roof of a building in Peshswar, May 1, 2013. REUTERS-Zohra Bensemr

14. People lean against a wall with posters of Ruquiya Hashimi from Hazara Shi'ite community and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) candidate for the upcoming election and a painting of Pakistan's national flag outside her election campaign office in Quetta, May 6, 2013.REUTERS-Naseer Ahme

15. Police officers move supporters of Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to make way for Khan upon his arrival at the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, May 7, 2013. REUTERS-Akhtar Soomr

16. People from the Hazara Shi'ite community attend an election campaign rally of Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) in Quetta, April 26, 2013. REUTERS-Naseer Ahme

17. Nawaz Sharif (C), leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), stands behind bullet-proof glass as he addresses an election campaign rally in Peshawar, May 7, 2013. REUTERS-Fayaz Azi

18. A woman holds a poster of Ruquiya Hashimi from the Hazara Shi'ite community and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) candidate for the upcoming election during her election campaign rally in Quetta, May 6, 2013. REUTERS-Naseer Ahme

19. Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) attend an election campaign rally in Rawalpindi, May 7, 2013. REUTERS-Faisal Mahmoo

20. Veero Kolhi, a freed bonded labourer turned election candidate, along with her supporters makes a victory sign as they chant slogans during an election campaign on the outskirts of the city of Hyderabad in Pakistan's Sindh province, April 5, 2013. REUTERS-Akhtar Soomr

21. A policeman stands guard at an election commission office in Quetta, May 8, 2013. REUTERS-Naseer Ahme

22. A street vegetable seller sits beside a poster of Ruquiya Hashimi from Hazara Shi'ite community and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) candidate for the upcoming election, in Quetta, May 5, 2013. REUTERS-Naseer Ahme

23. A man walks past rows of election ballot boxes, before they are transported to polling offices, in the premises of the district city court in Karachi, May 8, 2013. REUTERS-Akhtar Soomr

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