Men sit at a cobbler shop at a market in the town of Rabwah, Pakistan July 9, 2018. Picture taken July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Saad Sayeed
RABWAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - There are no campaign posters in the Pakistani town of Rabwah, and no election rallies on its streets. Though they could be an influential bloc in a key electoral battleground, nearly 90 percent of its residents will not vote in a July 25 poll.
The people of Rabwah, in Punjab province, are predominantly Ahmadi Muslims, and abstain from elections due to what they say are discriminatory laws that target their minority sect.
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