A Pakistani polling officer marks a voter's thumb before casting vote at a polling station in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on Aug. 22, 2013. Voting in Pakistan's by-elections ended Thursday afternoon and the authorities started counting in the presence of the polling agents of the candidates, officials said. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
A Pakistani soldier stands guard at a polling station in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on Aug. 22, 2013. Voting in Pakistan's by-elections ended Thursday afternoon and the authorities started counting in the presence of the polling agents of the candidates, officials said. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
A Pakistani woman casts her vote at a polling station in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on Aug. 22, 2013. Voting in Pakistan's by-elections ended Thursday afternoon and the authorities started counting in the presence of the polling agents of the candidates, officials said. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
A Pakistani polling officer marks a voter's thumb before casting vote at a polling station in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on Aug. 22, 2013. Voting in Pakistan's by-elections ended Thursday afternoon and the authorities started counting in the presence of the polling agents of the candidates, officials said. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
A Pakistani woman fills in her ballot at a polling station in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar, on Aug. 22, 2013. Voting in Pakistan's by-elections ended Thursday afternoon and the authorities started counting in the presence of the polling agents of the candidates, officials said. (Xinhua/Umar Qayyum)
