PoK votes in final phase amid PTI, JAAC boycott calls after violent protests

Pakistan’s elections were marked by protests and violence, raising concerns over security, political stability and the credibility of the electoral process.Polling for Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir's so called assembly elections entered its final phase on Monday amid heightened security and reports of Islamabad-backed crackdown in the region.Voting is being held despite boycott calls from the Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) PoJK unit and the Pakistan-banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC).The tussle between the JAAC and the Shehbaz Sharif-Asim Munir duo's crackdown has made the situation grim in PoK.India has also strongly condemned the crackdown on protesters. The MEA has called the so-called assembly elections in the illegally occupied region as a "farce".The MEA