Role growing as Pakistan’s youth impact elections reflecting reawakening despite growing violence

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Pakistan’s youth election — but who’s listening?

In a bustling market in a middle-class district of Islamabad, Raja Mehran rallies his friends as they prepare to campaign door-to-door for Pakistan’s general election on Saturday. The wiry 22-year-old is one of an estimated 25 million voters aged under 30 who are expected to play a decisive role