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Podcast: Mission Network News - Asia
Episode: Extremists murder candidate, attack homes and offices in lead-up to Pakistan vote
Description: Pakistan (MNN) — Violence spikes ahead of a nationwide vote in Pakistan.
The Islamic State shot and killed one election candidate as he campaigned on Wednesday. It’s the second murder of its kind since January 10.
“It is a pivotal time in Pakistan because [of] an election that takes place next week on the eighth,” says Mark*, a Gospel worker serving with Global Catalytic Ministries.
“[It is] a very tense time; the country’s on edge.”
Several candidates’ houses and offices were also attacked in Baluchistan this week. Pakistan’s Election Commission summoned an emerge...