Minority voters not allowed to cast votes in Islamabad: Report

Some members belonging to the minority communities were not allowed to cast their votes in a constituency in Pakistan's capital during the general election in the Muslim-majority nation, a media report said today.

The incident occured in Islamabad's NA-54 constituency, Dawn reported.

Awami Workers Party complained that minority voters at the polling station were not being allowed to vote as the polling staff had no voter lists for minorities.

Hindus, Christians and Ahmadis among other religious groups in Pakistan are routinely discriminated against.

The number of non-Muslim voters or religious minorities in Pakistan has climbed to 3.63 million in 2018 with the Hindus at 1.77 million maintaining their majority among the religious minority electorate.

The incident come as the country's minorities are looking for better representation after the polls.