Pakistan campaigning ends ahead of election

Campaigning in Pakistan ahead of Saturday's general election has ended, with candidates holding final rallies.

The election will mark the country's first successful transition from one civilian government to another in its 66-year history.

However, the run-up to the election has been marred by violence in which more than 100 people have been killed.

On Thursday, the son of former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was seized during an election rally, BBC reports.

Ali Haider - a candidate for the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) - was seized in the central city of Multan, Mr Gilani said.

In the latest violence:

Three soldiers were killed and four injured in a clash with militants in the Para Chamkani area in the Central Kurram region, the army says.

A motorbike bomb is reported to have killed four people and wounded 15 in the north-western town of Miranshah.

At least five people were reported to have been injured in a bomb blast near a PPP election office in Quetta.

One person was reported injured near an Awami National Party (ANP) office in Peshawar.

The end of campaigning was marked with emotional pleas by some candidates.